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La Habra Heights workshop flags sheriff contract as a persistent budget pressure; council seeks lower-cost enforcement options
Summary
City staff reported five-year sheriff-service spending of roughly $6.3 million and showed the contract consumes about a third of property-tax revenue; council and residents pressed for targeted traffic enforcement, cameras and studies of private-contract alternatives while probing liability risks.
La Habra Heights officials and residents on Saturday probed how to curb rising costs for law enforcement coverage under the city's contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, with staff saying the contract consumes a large share of the city's property-tax revenue and offering options that range from tighter use of overtime minutes to technology investments.
At a community workshop, Angie, the city finance staff member presenting a five-year analysis, said the city's base deputy and additional sheriff services totaled about $745,003 in fiscal 2020-21, roughly $768,925 in 2023-24 and about $726,318 in 2024-25. She said the five-year total for sheriff services including overtime and extra services was on the order of $6.3 million and that COPS grant transfers have…
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