City Budget Crisis Has Neighborhood Councils Worried Annual Funds Will Be Slashed

The Daily News reports that these are "nervous times" for both local neighborhood councils and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE), a department within the city of Los Angeles that offers recommendations to neighborhood councils. The News reports that neighborhood councils (and there are 88 certified neighborhood councils in Los Angeles, a spokeswoman for DONE tells us), are worried the $50,000 given annually to councils will be cut by City Hall; there are also concerns about who Mayor Villaraigosa will name as the new General Manager of DONE. [Daily News]