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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
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Wally Knox
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 4

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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What do you think is the single most important issue facing the City of Los Angeles today? As Council Member, what would you do to deal with it?

There is no way to protect LA's neighborhoods from over development without an enforceable legal planning framework. I will implement that framework in my Council District, and, if necessary lead a City-wide campaign to change the law.

2. The City Administrative Officer has estimated a $300 million budget shortfall for 2015-2016. What steps do you propose to deal with this problem and how much do you estimate each step would reduce the shortfall?

I am the only major candidate in this race NOT calling for complete elimination of the City's business tax. Eliminating that tax will blow a $440 to $470 million hole in our budget, explode the shortfall to almost $800 million and require massive lay offs of police, fire and other services. I propose a shift from the current gross receipts tax to a net receipts tax that raises the same amount of money to run the city.

3. What is the single most important issue facing your Council District today, and how would you deal with it?

There is no way to protect LA's neighborhoods from over development without an enforceable legal planning framework. I will implement that framework in my Council District, and, if necessary lead a City-wide campaign to change the law.

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' answers are presented as submitted.

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