LA Lawsuit Settlements Surging Past $500 Million, With Taxpayers Footing the Bill

‘What the hell are we doing here?’: Weeks into the fiscal year, KCPD has already maxed out its lawsuit fund

At the end of February, during a public budget hearing, Mayor Quinton Lucas asked the Kansas City Police Department whether it had requested enough money to manage lawsuit expenses. Maj. Josh Heinen, from the KCPD fiscal division, responded that the $3.5 million the department budgeted for legal settlements was “a reasonable amount” for this year. So the Kansas City Council voted to approve the department’s $343 million budget, which set aside $…

LA Lawsuit Settlements Surging Past $500 Million, With Taxpayers Footing the Bill

LOS ANGELES — Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars are quietly being spent to settle lawsuits against the City of Los Angeles — and most residents have no idea.