1.  Deaton said he has assured Driscoll and Freeman that the ballot measure is not part of a scheme to gut the proprietary departments.

2.  Kayden warned that the council could raid proprietary departments for their revenue generating functions to pad the general fund.

3.  Martin and Driscoll said the measure might cause worry in financial markets that are heavily invested in the proprietary departments.

4.  The debt figures do not include proprietary departments such as Los Angeles World Airports and the Department of Water and Power.