Police limited in a budget balancing act

After outcry against drastic cuts that would close down 14 of Long Beach’s 26 parks, the city modified its proposed changes to the 2013 budget. But police cuts will proceed, meaning fewer beats cops patrolling gang violence-prone territory.  Community members think the answers lie more in the parks than the police. The detailed story, and video testimony from residents, is on Voicewaves.

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