Update to this story from yesterday.
(ABC News) — A preliminary report released Friday by the city administrative officer estimates the nearly two-month Occupy LA encampment at City Hall cost the budget-strapped city at least $2.3 million, but officials said the sum is expected to grow by the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
City Administrative Officer Miguel A. Santana told The Associated Press his office requested the cost estimates from various city departments two weeks ago.
The city attorney’s office has already said it expects its previously submitted $188,000 estimate to climb significantly.
“This is based on a moment in time,” Santana said. “Obviously the numbers are going to grow.”
The latest tab adds to costs tallied by cities nationwide that have been dealing with the anti-Wall Street movement. An AP survey of 18 nationwide cities through mid-November found that the protests had cost local taxpayers a total of at least $13 million.