Politics & Government
City Council Urges Feds to Fund Senior Meals, Nutrition Services
When sequestration cut $1.6 million in federal funding for seniors, city officials found temporary funds to cover the cut.
By City News Service
The Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution Friday urging an end to federal cuts that could leave seniors without meals and nutrition services.
An across-the-board budget cut under the federal government's sequestration program left the Los Angeles Department of Aging short of about $1.6 million in federal funding earlier this year, threatening dining center and home-delivered meals for thousands of seniors in Los Angeles.
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City officials eventually found temporary funds in Los Angeles' budget to continue its meals program, but Councilman Paul Koretz, who introduced the resolution in May, said the federal money should be restored "because that's what our seniors and this nation deserve."
Under the resolution, the city went on record in support of any legislation that would restore federal funding provided under the 1965 Older American Act, including SB 1028, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, that seeks to re-authorize the act through 2017-18.
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