City of Pasadena
Mayor of Pasadena and Vice President of the Board of Directors for the League of California Cities
PROFILE
Bill Bogaard
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FROM Bill Bogaard
Which Way, L.A.?
Santa Ana Winds and Cuts to Tree-trimming Budgets Thousands of trees have fallen since those high Santa Ana winds began last Wednesday night. Many still haven't been cleaned up. In the City of Los Angeles, the Urban Forestry staff was reduced last year from 230 to less than 100. That left every inspector responsible for 150,000 trees, and even in normal times it takes 24 to 48 hours to deal with just one fallen tree limb.
Which Way, L.A.?
Jerry Brown and Proposition 13 Governor Brown says next week's budget proposal will help meet his campaign promise to move government "closer to the people." He wants to reverse the effects of Proposition 13, which cut the property taxes cities and counties could raise and made them dependent on money from Sacramento. We hear from civic leaders and others.
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