Ray Newman

New audit into the City of Los Angeles finds liability payouts have become one of the top expenses in the city LA has paid out $1 billion dollars of taxpayer money just to liability lawsuits from 2020-2025. Some of the payouts include - $15 million dollars when a LAPD detective was on his phone and hit a man in a wheelchair in a crosswalk - $21 million for a metal streetlight cap that fell on a man’s head - $7.5 million because the city shelter adopted out a known-biter pit bull that then mauled a 74 year old man - $3 million (and many more like these) when residents trip on a slightly uneven and long-broken sidewalks that cause injuries - $20 million when the LAPD bomb squad accidentally detonated fireworks that caused a bunch of damage to people’s homes, cars and bodies City departments have absolutely no incentive to change this because the money comes out of the general fund, not their budgets. The audit also found there is no department that overseas this Los Angeles Democrats need to be held accountable. We are paying for all of this with out tax dollars