Mayor To Cut $3M From Long Beach Budget
LONG BEACH (CBS/AP) — If Mayor Bob Foster has his say, not even the police and fire departments will escape the blade in the looming budget fight.
Foster is vetoing part of the Long Beach budget approved last week so spending can be trimmed
nearly $3 million, with one percent cuts to every general fund department, including police and fire.
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The City council has already approved a pared down budget to eliminate an $18.5 million general fund deficit. That budget eliminated dozens of police positions and forced rotating closures
of fire stations.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram says Foster released a statement Sunday saying he's cutting an additional $2.7 million from the general fund because of revenue uncertainties. The $380 million general fund pays for basic services.
