Los Angeles County Executive Fujioka Unveils $23 Billion Budget for 2012

Fujioka, who runs the nation’s most-populous county, with 9.8 million people, would erase a $220.9 million gap for the fiscal year that begins in July with $185.2 million in one-time funding measures and $35.7 million in spending cuts along with eliminating 257 jobs, according to a statement from his office.

“The county is in much better financial shape than many other municipalities because of the fiscal practices and long- term budgeting discipline by the Board of Supervisors,” Fujioka said in the statement.