Friday, February 25, 2011

Los Angeles to Vote on March 8 Library Funding Ballot Question


L.A.'s Measure L would boost library funding. (Los Angeles Times, 2/25/2011)

Excerpt: If the story of the Los Angeles Public Library system were a book on a library shelf, it would have a tattered cover.

Ravaged by budget cuts and layoffs, the system dropped to a five-day-a-week schedule last year, with doors closed on Sundays and Mondays at all of the city's 73 libraries. Ongoing budget woes mean the plot could worsen in coming years, perhaps leading to some library closures.

A measure on the March 8 ballot gives voters a chance to increase the amount of money dedicated to the library each year
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Related articles:
L.A. weekly takes mayor to task.  (9/19/2010)
Hours Reduced at library for 3rd time in 7 months. (7/20/2010)
Don't let the library get washed away.  (7/19/2010)
The Middleton Public Library is open more hours than the Los Angeles Central Library.  (7/16/2010)
Los Angeles Board of Library Commissioners does Mayor's bidding.  (6/12/2010)
Another elective body thinks libraries are dispensable.  (5/5/2010)
Cutting library hours:  Charlotte Mecklenburg this week, LA next week, who's next?  (4/6/2010)
More news under the same headline.  (3/24/2010)

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