A preliminary outlook on Phoenix’s short-term and long-term fiscal future provoked an attack on police spending from a City Council member.
Picking up where she left off last year – when she cast the sole vote against the city’s 2025-26 budget – South Phoenix Councilwoman Anna Hernandez vowed to press again for deep cuts in the $1 billion Police Department budget.
“PPD gets so much of the General Fund – it gets the majority of our General Fund. And ultimately, this is an investment in criminalization, which means that criminalization is the single biggest investment this city makes every year,” said Hernandez…