Pacoima NC

Pacoima Neighborhood Council

2016-2017 City Budget Emphasizes Improved Services

Posted on 05/21/16

Pacoima Neighborhood Council

The City Council has been working through the process of modifying and approving Mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposed $8.76 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2016.  The budget was given final Council approval on Thursday, May 19. Some of its major accomplishments:

  • More LAPD officers will be able to return to street patrols with the hiring of 300 civilians to do administrative and support services that are currently done by uniformed officers.
  • Increased Graffiti Removal:   $1.5 million added for 13 new strike teams to help address the increased demand in graffiti removals, bringing full budget to $8.5 million.
  • Cleaner Park Bathrooms:  Enough money for multiple daily cleanings of at least 50 of the City’s highest use park bathrooms. Normally park bathrooms are only cleaned once a day.
  • Community Plan updates: $1.9 million to fund two dozen positions in the Planning Department to define and set clear zoning requirements and needs for the City’s many unique neighborhoods.
  • Clean Streets (citywide): The budget allocates $1.6 million to add a fourth Clean Streets team to help address unclean streets and homeless encampments and for 15 cameras to help catch illegal dumping violators.
  • Sidewalk Program: $11 million in funding is provided for five crews to address sidewalks with accessibility challenges for the disabled and other high-liability locations. $6 million is also set aside to split the costs with property owners who want to repair their own sidewalks.
  • Vision Zero: The budget includes funding to survey high-risk areas and design improvements, and to create 20 new pedestrian refuge islands and 20 new bus refuge islands to help meet the City’s goal of zero pedestrian deaths.
  • Street Lighting: Funding for pedestrian lighting at 20 bus stops, lighting at mid-block crosswalks, and lighting at the top 50 schools in the Safe Routes to School program.
  • Tree Trimming:  funding for City crews to remove dead street trees and tree stumps and to do more tree trimming.
  • Homeless Services and Housing:  $138 million in identified and prospective funds to kick-start the City’s effort to move homeless people off the street and into shelters and permanent supportive housing.

Talk to Us

Let us know about issues in our community
empowerla
Mailing List
Register your cell phone number, Voice over IP phone number, and e-mail address with the Alert LA County Emergency Mass Notification System.
fb twitter instagram

© Pacoima Neighborhood Council. All rights reserved.
11243 Glenoaks Blvd
Pacoima, CA 91331
Accessibility
Privacy Policy

Join Our Mailing List

Web Design by The Web Corner

© Pacoima Neighborhood Council.
All rights reserved.
Accessibility

Join Our Mailing List