re: Will City of SG and Central help fund Hillar Moore's DA and East Baton Rouge Court System?

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they need to pay their fair share

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They are.

Don’t fall for the BR has to give its 2% of the sales tax to the general fund due to consolidation govt, because city of BR actually gets more from general fund than it puts in. Otherwise there would be no shortages for the city specific services, and there would have been no fight against StG’s incorporation by BR.

Property taxes and various fees for services, permits, and licenses paid across the parish are also going to the general fund. Visitors to the city from EBR or elsewhere also contribute to the general fund for some city services with taxes, fees, fines, and so on. State grants and state shared revenue also contribute to the general fund.

For court costs the city also has its own city courts, constable, clerk of city courts, and city court prosecutor’s office that is mostly funded by the general fund. Any fine, fee, or other revenue similar to user fees for services collected by these entities gets redirected back into them serving as additional funding to what it gets from tax revenue in the general fund.

I think in 2025 close to $130 million of general fund revenue came from other sources besides the 2% sales tax collected by both the city of BR and by the unincorporated areas within EBR parish.

“Constitutional offices” do not always mean constitutionally mandated offices. There are allowed offices which only become a requirement when the respective city or parish voters approve to form and fund the office like with city courts and city constable.