Republican lawmakers, in their 2001 budget proposal, called for a 5percentt increase in county taxes.
But today, he called for a 5percentt increase in county property taxes that support the Police Department.
In response to the board's findings, the Democratic presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, Judith A. Jacobs, called for a freeze on all county hiring, promotions, raises and nonemergency spending.
After two young teenage women died at HARD Summer last year because of suspected drug overdoses, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis called for a temporary ban on raves on county property, which eventually led to the city's Board of Supervisors forming a regulatory committee called the Electronic Music Task Force.
Following those deaths, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis called for a temporary ban on raves on county property until a full investigation had taken place, which resulted in the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors (LA's governing body) convening an Electronic Music Task Force with the directive of making festivals safer for all patrons.
Mr. Spano also called for a 28.6percentt increase in the county property tax levy, the amount of tax the county collects, a slight drop from the 31.7percentt increase that he initially announced last month.
Jackson County issued a mandatory evacuation for its residents, while Hancock County called for a voluntary evacuation.
As Los Angeles County's probation department emerges from years of federal monitoring because of conditions in its juvenile lockups, a county supervisor called for a far-ranging audit of other potential issues in the department.
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Mr. Suozzi also called for a $20 million upgrade for the county's antiquated computers, protecting the environment and joining local governments to plan for "smart growth" that increases business while protecting open space.
