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Council amends law-enforcement block grant item to ensure council input on spending priorities

Los Angeles Youth Council · November 14, 2025
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Summary

Members pressed for clearer procedures so council input will inform how the law-enforcement block grant is spent in future fiscal cycles; amended language requires reporting with the mayor’s criminal-justice planning office before next year's budget consideration and the item was approved as amended.

Councilmembers debated how to ensure the council has meaningful input into priorities for the law-enforcement block grant after members said last year's allocations effectively precommitted funds before council review. Councilmember Hernandez and others…

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