Budget

Metro's Phil Washington: Update on LA's 21st Century Transportation Build-Out

The proposed federal budget would cut transportation infrastructure funding by 13 percent. Metro CEO Phil Washington discusses the impact of losing that support.

CAO Santana on LA City Structural Deficit & Trade-Offs in Mayor’s Budget

CAO Miguel Santana unpacks the assumptions imbedded in the FY 2015-2016 budget, frankly commenting on labor negotiations.

It's About the Money: Yale on Metro's Plans and Priorities

Focusing on budgets, David Yale walks readers through the nuts and bolts of Metro’s progress.

Paul Krekorian: City’s Budget & Finance Chair On LA’s Management of Austerity

LA Councilmember Paul Krekorian, Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, discusses reducing the budget deficit, the impacts his decisions will have on core services and civil servants, and the tolls and political difficulties that come with taking on a budget crisis during a period of fiscal austerity.

No Time Like the Present: Pasadena City Manager on 2009

Michael Beck came to Pasadena from Redlands just in time for the worst recession in decades; Pasadena's experience in the past year has been informative for other county jurisdictions.

Treasurer Angelides On State Budget's Policy Implications

State Treasurer Phil Angelides analyzes the budget and its implications.

League of California Cities New President Takes the Measure of State's Budget Agreement

Ronald Loveridge discusses the new state budget and and prospects for reform.

Los Angeles' New CDD GM, Cliff Graves, Outlines City's Community Development Agenda