Budget Advocates 2015 White Paper: A New Vision for Los Angeles
The Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates have released their 2015 White Paper, the result of meetings with key players from 30 City Departments and Bureaus and Council Members and their staff. In it, the Advocates distill five key action items that will help advance the Mayor’s objectives, including rebuilding the confidence of residents and businesses in their elected officials and ensuring the prosperity and sustainability of our city.
Mayor Eric Garcetti has called for this year’s budget to be organized around five over-arching outcomes:
- Make Los Angeles the best-run big city in America
- Promote good jobs for Angelenos all across the city
- Create a more livable and sustainable city
- Ensure our communities are the safest in the nation
- Partner with residents and civic groups to build a greater city
To achieve these goals, the Budget Advocates make several recommendations, including:
- Redefining our City’s budget processes, practices, and philosophy.
- Creating 21st century information management systems dedicated to providing integrated and efficient support to stakeholders and facilitating interdepartmental communication.
- Rebuilding and improving Los Angeles’s infrastructure to higher standards.
- Streamlining the City’s hiring processes to proactively anticipate future needs.
- Implementing a citywide collections system to realize uncollected revenue, develop more income sources, and create the permanent position of Inspector General.
The full White Paper can be viewed here. Visit NCBALA.com to learn more about the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates.
