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Dec 2009

Chief Beck vows to fix flawed LAPD purchasing system

Police Chief Charlie Beck pledged Tuesday to correct accounting practices in the LAPD's purchasing division, which an internal audit found had mismanaged millions of taxpayer dollars. But Beck told the Police Commission there was no...

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Dec 2009

In the police pressroom, reporters had a roaring good time

In the Roaring Twenties, trolley riders stopped in traffic on 1st Street could view a giant poster of a Follies dancer through an open window of the old Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. The poster was headlined "50 CUDDLING...

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Dec 2009

California debt costs to surpass $10 billion - Treasurer

General fund debt service on outstanding bonds, authorized but unissued bonds and proposed water bonds is set to peak in fiscal 2020 at $10.45 billion, compared with a current level around $6 billion, and stay near that level through...

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Dec 2009

California's cities feel budget pinch as well

Standard & Poor's, the venerable credit-rating agency, chose an opportune moment to unveil its annual fiscal scorecard for American cities, including those in California.Its release came as local governments were assessing the impact...