City Controller Kenneth Mejia's office said that an additional $1.7 million has been committed, but not yet spent.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s botched detonation of illegal fireworks in South L.A. in 2021 has cost the city $9.5 million so far, the controller's office reported Thursday. City Controller Kenneth Mejia's office said that an additional $1.7 million has been committed but not yet spent. In an email, Diana Chang, a Mejia spokesperson, said the relocation of displaced residents has cost $4.9 million, liability claims $1.7 million, cleanup and repair $1.55 million, $1.
'The city a long time ago could have purchased properties and moved people into them already, but instead they have given millions of dollars to the hotel, and the people still are in the same situation they were immediately after the explosion,' said Ron Gochez, a community organizer with Unión del Barrio who has helped organize residents.
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