Sheriff Baca isn't an elitist, he is an EXTREME elitist! He is the ONLY Sheriff in the entire nation who has a private jet aircraft at his disposal, compliments of the tax payers of the County of Los Angeles! Annual cost for maintenance, fuel, having 2 full-time crews and pilots, plus a complete ground crew....well over $1,000,000 per year!
State of California sales tax is 7.75%.
L.A. County has an additional .5% added onto that, as a "temporary" increase to pay for the 1992 earthquake ("Temporary" is not a word that our politicians understand!).
If Sheriff Baca had his way, the sales tax in L.A. County would now be up to 8.75%....with the additional .5% being used to pay for additional deputies and repairs to the county jail facilities.
HMM! Sort of makes you wonder about the $14,000,000 that the L.A. County Supervisors recently "found"....and handed to Baca!
Can we say higher prices for jet fuel, boys and girls?