A visit to the Los Angeles Zoo will quickly price you just a few {dollars} extra, after the Metropolis Council voted to extend ticket costs beginning subsequent month.
On Friday, council members voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that may increase common zoo admission charges by $5. The choice comes months after elected officers authorized a $14-billion spending plan supposed to curb town’s price range disaster for the 2025-26 fiscal 12 months.
The next admission charges go into impact July 1: Tickets for youngsters ages 2 to 12 will price $22, and grownup tickets for these ages 13 and up might be $27. Senior tickets for these ages 62 and older will price $24.
The zoo’s preliminary price range got here from a bond measure authorized by voters in 1956 to assemble a facility to switch the Griffith Park Zoo, which had opened in 1912 and was operating out of area, in line with the L.A Metropolis Controller.
This isn’t the primary time the council has authorized growing ticket costs. In 2012, ticket costs rose by $2 — beginning at $16 per grownup, at a time when tickets to the San Diego Zoo price $40 per grownup. A single-day grownup ticket on the San Diego Zoo right this moment is $76.
“The zoo is affected by price range restraints, however the one means of elevating income could be to lift costs,” one Reddit person wrote. “Care to check costs at San Diego Zoo (prime vacationer attraction) and Los Angeles Zoo (accessible for the folks dwelling there) … The purpose is that the L.A. Zoo is operated on a distinct stage.”
Mayor Karen Bass’ preliminary proposed metropolis price range sought the discount of 53 positions on the zoo, about 19% of its workforce, in addition to a one-time price range discount of $500,000 in part-time staffing. In a letter to the council’s Finances, Finance and Innovation Committee, L.A. Zoo Director and Chief Government Denise Verret mentioned these cuts would lead to heavy workloads for workers and hurt the customer expertise.
Verret proposed restoring one vacant and 10 stuffed positions. Town’s authorized price range will go into impact July 1.
