''Occupy L.A. cost city $2.3 million; most of that will boost budget deficit''

if occupy can force the states/cities into bankruptcy, occupy wins.............

read more form latimes.......


"Occupy L.A.’s two-month encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall cost taxpayers at least $2.3 million, most of which will have to be added to the growing deficit in the city's current year budget, according to a report issued Friday.

The Los Angeles Police Department, which raided the camp Nov. 30 and arrested nearly 300 people, spent $1.2 million on time-and-a-half overtime pay as a result of the extended protest, said City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, who wrote the report. Meanwhile, the General Services Department’s police force, which patrols city parks and buildings, racked up $335,000 in overtime during the encampment.

Of the $2.3 million, more than $590,000 would have been spent regardless of whether there was an occupation, Santana said. That means the Occupy expenditures added $1.7 million to a $72-million budget shortfall projected for the current year, said Santana."