Los Angeles
From the meeting · City Council, · 1:11
Would the fire sales tax money go to pensions?
During the Fire Department's report on how it would spend the proposed Measure FD sales tax, a member asks the department head about criticism tying the measure to pensions.
a councilmember and the fire chief
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a councilmember Can you tell me from your perspective if there is any connection at all between Measure FD and questions related to pensions or pension spiking?
a councilmember Because from my perspective, the entire point of Measure FD is so that we don't have to force people to work in voluntary overtime shifts.
a councilmember So can you address that head on?
the fire chief Yes.
the fire chief So if you were to look at my expenses since I've been fire chief, a lot of those expenses have been on overtime.
the fire chief One of the things that I've made very clear and adamant about as the fire chief is that I don't want any resources to go unstaffed.
the fire chief I don't want to close resources.
the fire chief It's an injustice to the people of Los Angeles.
the fire chief If Measure FD were to pass, it's going to cut down on the amount of overtime which is going to save the city money.
the fire chief None of the money that is...
the fire chief Comes from Measure FD will ever go towards pensions or any type of bonuses.
the fire chief It's solely to helping increase staffing, getting those fire stations repaired, getting our apparatus repaired, and getting new apparatus out on the street that are applicable to the people of Los Angeles.
Where it's from
- Fire Department plan for Measure FD money Item 9: what happened
- The episode: Council weighs county homelessness terms; Fire Department maps Measure FD
- The full recording from here