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The city of Los Angeles brought this fiscal crisis on itself
In the week of her annual State of the City address, in a season in which she must begin a re-election campaign for 2026, ...
Three months after Palisades fire, mayor proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs
Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass' budget calls for over 1,600 city workers to be laid off
The layoffs would occur across a range of departments and affect city services. The proposal would also eliminate a number of ...
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Los Angeles’s incompetence turned the city into a fire pit
Los Angeles’ s incompetent leadership turned the city into a ticking time bomb for massive fire damage. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Los Angeles Fire Department had a budget of ...
Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a fourth of them at LAPD
Mayor Karen Bass' spending plan for 2025-26 would bring layoffs to 5% of the city workforce. Bass said she's hoping state ...
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Bass proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs. Will it help improve response times?
The proposal was released after her State of the City address. Exempted from the cuts is the Los Angeles Fire Department, which would get more funding to hire more firefighters. Bass' ...
In State of the City speech to a battered Los Angeles, Bass strikes hopeful tone
Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Bass released a budget after her speech that calls for the elimination of ...
Woman hospitalized with severe burns after Los Angeles fourplex fire
A destructive home fire left at least one woman hospitalized on late Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. According to the L.A.