Report: Occupy LA Costs Taxpayers $4.7 Million; Entire Movement Close to $30 Million

Occupy LA turned out to be a lot more costly to the city than originally anticipated. After the park surrounding LA’s City Hall was cleared by the LAPD in November, published estimates suggested the total cost of the two month occupation would be about $2.3 million. A new report released Friday by the city puts the total at $4.7 million. The city has said the cost of the occupation will be offset by unspecified budget cuts.

The total cost of occupations last fall hasn’t been officially tallied by anyone. However, in most cases, each city that hosted a camp has released some information on the estimated cost for policing and cleanup. A tally based on press reports nationwide puts the total at nearly $30 million:

Occupy Asheville – $170,000
Occupy Atlanta – $652,000
Occupy Austin – $800,000
Occupy Bellingham – $51,000
Occupy Boston – $1,025,000 plus $50,000 to repair park
Occupy Charlotte – $447,000
Occupy Chicago – $49,000
Occupy Cincinnati – $128,000
Occupy DC – $1,640,000
Occupy Denver – $782,689
Occupy DesMoines – $7,800
Occupy Eugene – $130,000
Occupy Fresno – $110,000
Occupy Hartford – $45,000
Occupy Irvine – $23,000
Occupy LA – $4,700,000
Occupy Lansing – $20,000
Occupy Long Beach – $40,000
Occupy Minnesota – $400,000
Occupy Nashville – $4,500
Occupy New Haven – $145,000
Occupy New Orleans – $50,000
Occupy New York – $7,000,000
Occupy Oakland – $3,000,000
Occupy OKC — $85,000
Occupy Olympia – $252,000
Occupy Palm Desert – $88,786
Occupy Philadelphia – $1,000,000
Occupy Phoenix – $204,162
Occupy Portland – $1,290,000 + $130,000 to repair damaged parks
Occupy Providence – $9,000
Occupy Raleigh – $60, 000
Occupy Richmond – $33,691
Occupy Sacramento – $300,000
Occupy San Diego – $2,400,000
Occupy San Francisco – $950,000 plus $50,000 to restore park
Occupy Santa Cruz – $40,000
Occupy St. Louis – $2,200
Occupy Seattle – $625,999
Occupy Tucson – $170,000

Total: $29,110,827

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