THE BOTTOM LINE – Los Angeles is on the brink of falling below 8,000 sworn LAPD officers, and City Hall is still pretending this is normal.
It is not.
At the very moment public safety staffing is collapsing, the Mayor has demanded that the City Council identify millions of dollars within 48 hours—money the city does not have—to support new spending priorities. That is not leadership. That is panic management disguised as urgency…