Los Angeles is one of the most populous cities in the United States, and a large city requires a large government presiding over it. To be able to handle the large infrastructure that Los Angeles requires, L.A needs a great financial system in place to make sure the tax money that citizens of L.A is being used in a way that best serves the entire community. L.A is a city that has had budget deficits consistently over the last decade, reaching as high as 400 million dollars in 2008. According to the financial statements for the city of Los Angeles in 2016, the city of L.A planned on undergoing major infrastructure initiatives such as creating a biogas-fueled cogeneration plant, and improving the port of Los angeles. Also, L.A hopes to …show more content…
According to reports, L.A was entering into a budget deficit in the year 2015 of 165.2 million dollars for the fiscal year of 2016, which would continue into the 2017, 2018, and 2019 fiscal years, at least. Part of the problem with a municipality as large as L.A is that it requires such a large amount of money to sustain its citizens, so they are consistently to expected to spend more money than they bring in. Although this number does seem high, it has dramatically decreased in comparison to 2008 budget deficits, and their is room to be satisfied with these numbers. Poverty, however, continues to be a major issue in Los Angeles, having one of the highest rate of poverty at 18% in the Major united states city. THerefore, they need to do a better job of using their budget to account for the amount of homeless people living within the city and implementing more initiatives to give families better paying jobs so they are not as reliant on the government to survive. The City of Los Angeles has 6 business-type activities, which follow accounting and financial reporting entities that are similar to that of commercial business entities. The 6 activities are Airports, Harbor, Power, Water, Sewer, and Convention Center Services. Major capital improvements of the airport included a 228.3 million dollar improvements on security upgrades at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, 118.2
In “L.A.'s grim homeless data": What can be done? by The Editorial Board argues the several homelessness problems. The reasons given in the article to support the homeless data are the percentage increase, loss a job, and lack of action. The percentage of homeless people in the county, which should be going down, instead has gone up 12% since 2013, to 44,359 today. In addition even though, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has vowed to house all the city's homeless veterans by the end of this year, it turns out there are still 4,400 of them in the county.
The documentary San Francisco 2.0 examines how San Francisco city officials have given tax breaks to the Silicon Valley tech industry to move to San Francisco. These new techs companies have brought in a lot of wealth to the city, but at a cost. The majority of the low-income natives are being evicted or having their rents raised so high that they can't afford them. The gentrification of the city has impacted low-income districts (for example, the mission district known for its Latin immigrants) that the residents and the culture are being displaced. I believe the documentary is important for the study of the issue of gentrification because San Fransisco was known for being-counter culture, caring for the arts and for civil progress. The housing
Many people are not getting the right service because of lack of money. Police and fire department staff are suffering the consequences of shortage of money, yet this is affecting the whole communities because when there
As taxpayers, people are required to pay imposed taxes and derived taxes. Since payments are not voluntary as opposed to nonprofits, people want to know where the government currently stands, whether it has sufficient revenues for efficiently running current public services, and how much it has improved compared to last year. Examining government-wide financial statements will give readers a basic understanding of the government’s condition. The government-wide financial statements consist two parts: the statement of net position and the statement of activities. Based on the statement of net position, in 2015, the State of California has a deficit of about $41.0 billion. Compared to the past 10 fiscal years, the fiscal year of 2015 has the least amount of total governmental activity net position and total primary government net position. In addition, the unrestricted deficit as a percentage of total assets is -75.64%, which is close to -100%. This number
In this detailed report, essential actors such as the Transportation, Natural Resources, and California Environmental Protection Agency provide ongoing projects they are developing which collectively helps California attain an improved infrastructure plan. In recent events, Californians passed Measure M in 2016 by a 71.5% margin which will serve as sales tax to “improver freeway traffic flow/safety; repair potholes/sidewalks; repave local streets”(Metro). An unpopular decision that has affected commuters was the recent gas tax signed into effect by governor Jerry Brown on November 1st 2017. This increase in tax , formerly known as the Senate 1 Bill, increased gasoline prices by 12 cents to help fund the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Over the course of a decade, this legislative package aims to collects $54 Billion to fix roads, freeways and bridges. In terms of distribution, $200,000,000 of the funds will go into road maintenance, $100,000,000 of the funds will go to the Active Transportation Program, and $400,000 of the funds will go to maintenance and rehabilitation (State of California
Los Angeles Union Station began as a thought in the early1900’s but it was not until 1933 that construction began based upon the plans of Parkinson and Parkinson, a father and son team. With the collaborative efforts of many designers, such as Herman Sachs and Warren Hoak, construction was completed in 1939. The only major structural changes made since then have been the massive semi dome on the east side, and an office complex that was added in the 1990’s.
Satanism is a topic that has been misunderstood for many generations. Lavey is someone who started to do a church of satanism in San Francisco. There has been many problems involving if Lavey, the maker of the church, should actually even have the church present in San Francisco. People were against this due to the stereotypes and criticism they would get from the Christians, who would mainly criticize the satanic church views on beliefs and religion. In reality the church of Satan does not only worship Satan, it can focus on your own beliefs in religion. Lavey gets his conflicts signing the petition for gaining the public church of Satan from the catholic church and Christians. Lavey went into a compromise and talked with the meyer of San Francisco to get permission to gain the church in the city that way he can have it shared with the public. The christians were against with that idea, but Lavey tries to prove that it wasn’t really necessary towards discriminating the world and worshiping Satan like how the Christians think. It focuses mainly on benefiting themselves without causing any harm towards others who can oppose them.
People always wonder why the City of Angels is different from other cities. This paper will answer this question and explain the uniqueness that makes L.A., “L.A.” Los Angeles, since its birth as an embryonic city, has become one of the most diverse metropolises, offering to the public what no other city can. This paper will emphasize the relationship between the federal government and the western United States. It will also illustrate how capitalism has flourished because of the prevalent 19th century Laissez Faire ideology. It will describe how the free market prevailed and expanded Los Angeles outward, while cultivating new public institutions and private enterprises.
down. Six million dollars was spent in California to reduce the homeless population, a program known as the Safer Cities Initiative. This included releasing fifty new police officers on Skid Row to deal with the issue. The money was supposed to be split between a crackdown on illegal activities and services to help rehabilitate people. However no money was put into the services side of the program, it was just basically an act to incarcerate the homeless and remove them from the street. Add the original six millions dollars on to the average cost of an incarcerated person and the taxpayers of California are funding a costly program that is not fixing the problem whatsoever.
Once we finished watching the documentary street gangs of Los Angeles two theories were most prevalent in my mind for why there was gang formation in that area. The first being Travis herschi’s “social bonds”. Second being Walter miller’s “focal concerns”. Social bond theory is not a crime causation theory but a pro social behavior theory that helps explain deviance. This theory identified four social bonds that promote adherence to society’s laws and values. The four bonds being: attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief. If there was any weakness in any of these four areas would be an explain for the cause of delinquency. Focal concerns theory is different than many other theories because it is not the rejection of middle-class
According to a report of Orange County Register by Roosevelt, Roosevelt, (August 9, 2015), Orange Country poverty is growing tremendously because of income variation, homelessness and overcrowded housing. By federal criteria, Orange County’s poverty rate was 8.8 percent in the previous nine years, which has risen to 13.5 percent recently. For a family of four, that means an annual income below $24,00. However, Orange County’s cost of living is 46 percent higher than the national average. The main reason, which accounts for a range of local factors, including housing price and Orange County’s poverty rate. According to Roosevelt (August 9, 2015) “in Orange County, third of Youths under 12 live in poverty, which is higher proportion than in the surrounding counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernadine and San Diego”. Even though, Orange
Over the years Los Angeles has had the highest number of homeless people; this situation has been highly overlooked by media and political attention. Cities in many parts of the world may be known as centers for poverty whether if it 's a developed or developing country. No city, state, or country is prone to homelessness. Los Angeles in particular is an entry point for many immigrants who come to look for jobs. The intentions are not to cause there to be a vulnerability to poverty but to try to make a living some how. “Skid Row homeless population originates in South LA – where services and shelters lack resource adequacy and unemployment rates are high among adult men – and policy discussions rarely focus on this trend” (Howard, 4). Los Angeles Skid Row, is known to have the heaviest homeless population compared to other cities. Los Angeles does provide some homeless services like shelter and low-cost housing options for the poor but one of the issues that many homeless people come across is the lack of healthcare. Everyone can suffer from physical and mental health issues but there is a bigger impact on the homeless people in the Los Angeles county because they are not obtaining the proper help mentally, physically, and socially. Many people lose their lives or spread many disease amongst the community. The city of Los Angeles should provide healthcare for the homeless because this issue affects the homeless and everyone else around. More disease are passed around, more
It’s no surprise that Los Angeles is one of the largest populated areas in the United States, representing over 25% of California’s residents living within a 4,057 square mile radius. The healthcare systems in Los Angeles are measurements of the county’s commitment to retain only the best standards of living, through the use of patient centered networks, utilizing the top healthcare providers in medical research, health care and its community amenities.
Urban Mythology relates itself with certain stories or folktales which lacks specific evidence behind its originality or genuinity but lies deep rooted within the subconscious of the civilization . Validation of these urban myths depends entirely on the perception and reception of the myth by the civilization . Urban myths at certain level comes out as highlighted and accepted by the mass due to some comprehensive public motive lying behind it . In this connection what comes to the mind is the popularity of the urban myths of Los Angeles , which according to various historians and critics had been instrumental in setting the city’s public policy and social history . The present day myths which still do the rounds in every nook and corner of Los Angeles has its origin in the old day urban myths . As these Myths had passed through the whips and scorns of time over the years , they had changed their shapes accordingly . But the essence of the myths are kept intact as is evident through close readings of them in the present day context . To exemplify this fact with strong and prevalent mythical stories ; what comes first to our minds is the haunted and creepy myths associated with the city of Los Angeles . This spooky and spine chilling tales points towards the
When walking down the streets of Los Angeles, people will often encounter homelessness. Homelessness is currently considered a major problem in Los Angeles. Since 2013 homeless population in Los Angeles has increased by 12 percent. According to SCANPH (Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing), Los Angeles has the highest street homeless population in the nation. There are about 26,000 homeless people in the city of Los Angeles, and about 44,300 homeless people in the Los Angeles County; about 75 percent of these homeless are individuals, 17 percent are families, and 8 percent are minors. People can become homeless for different reasons, such as illnesses, domestic violence, physical disability, mental disability, and etc.