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Steve Tye Nancy A. Lyons Andrew Chou Ruth M. Low Jennifer “Fred” Mahlke
Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Council Member Council Member Council Member
City of Diamond Bar I 21810 Copley Drive Diamond Bar CA 91765-4178
www.DiamondBarCA.gov I 909.839.7000
April 6, 2020
The Honorable Kathryn Barger, Chair
Supervisor, Fifth District
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
500 W. Temple Street, Suite 383
Los Angeles, CA 90012
RE: LASD Contract City Rate Increase
Dear Chair Barger and Members of the Board of Supervisors:
As cities throughout California cope with the harsh realities of an indefinite statewide
shutdown, they are also dealing with unknown losses in revenues used to provide
essential services such as law enforcement. With such uncertainty ahead, from budget
cuts to economic losses to restrictive measures to contain the pandemic, it’s critical
that Diamond Bar has the budgetary flexibility necessary to maintain public safety.
In an effort to relieve our cities from the burden of increases in LASD contract rates, the
City of Diamond Bar is hereby requesting action from the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors to defer any LASD rate increases, including the contract rate and the
Liability Trust Fund surcharge for at least the next 24 months to allow contract cities time
to recover from this unprecedented shutdown. To develop collaborative and amicable
solutions to this challenge, the City of Diamond Bar is committed to working together
with the Board, Sheriff Villanueva, and the Contract Cities Association.
We strongly urge the Board and Department to consider Diamond Bar’s request for a
temporary moratorium on rate increases as a sustainable path forward is developed.
Please contact me at DFox@diamondbarca.gov or (909) 839-7011 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Dan Fox
City Manager
City of Diamond Bar
Cc: California Contract Cities Association
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Sheriff Alex Villanueva & LASD Contract Law Bureau