IMLA Amicus Survey LA City/County 9th Circuit Appeal

This very short survey seeks to elicit your responses for possible use in an amicus brief in support of both LA City and LA County in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Please carefully answer the questions, it should not take long.

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* 1. What is the name of the city/county for which you are answering

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* 2. Does state law, your charter or other law limit your jurisdiction’s ability to raise revenues?

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* 3. What percentage of your budget is discretionary vs mandated; i.e., state law, bond indebtedness, or contracts may require a portion of your budget to be paid and leave only a portion for discretionary spending, how much is left for discretionary spending?

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* 4. Cities and Counties are faced with a multitude of demands on revenues, that may include among others: child protective services, school lunch programs, rental assistance, homelessness, foster care, infrastructure (roads, bridges, water or sewer), transportation, ADA compliance, school funding, mental health services, addiction services, emergency services, environmental compliance, jail overcrowding or fulfilling health mandates, climate change; etc.  Please pick (from the list or your own list) what your city as its most pressing need for funding within its available revenues - just one!

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* 5. If you know, how much money do you spend on the following, per person (for example $1,000 per child for school, 1,000 per inmate in the jail, $1000 per homeless individual)

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