A proposed city budget for the next fiscal year calls for about $5.1 million in cuts to social services contracts and increasing the police budget by nearly $25 million.
A proposed city budget for the next fiscal year calls for about $5.1 million in cuts to social services contracts and increasing the police budget by nearly $25 million.

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