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Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care?
L.A.’s climate office is led by Marta Segura, the city’s chief heat officer. Los Angeles is one of just three localities in ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass heading to Sacramento to push for $2 billion relief package
The city is facing fiscal concerns due a 35% reduction in tax revenue, overspending, an increase in liability payouts, and ...
Karen Bass wants to weaken LAPD to fix a self-inflicted budget crisis
Karen Bass and Los Angeles Democrats have put the city in a budget crisis that they want to solve by further weakening the ...
Karen Bass’ “State of the City” speech: A declaration of war on Los Angeles’ working class
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her 2025 State of the City address this week, unveiling a proposed budget that slashes ...
Karen Bass Plugs Hike in Film Tax Credit: ‘Let’s Bring Hollywood Back’
Karen Bass urged state lawmakers to triple the California film tax credit, as the city faces a dire fiscal emergency.
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Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
LOS ANGELES — Call it the Karen Bass special: a shot of optimism, followed by a bitter budget chaser. That was the incongruous combination the Los Angeles mayor debuted on Monday, when she ...
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Karen Bass Plugs Hike in Film Tax Credit: ‘Let’s Bring Hollywood Back’
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass included a plug for the expansion of the film and TV tax credit in her State of the City speech on Monday, saying it is time to “bring Hollywood back.” Bass spent most of ...
The New York Times10d
Will L.A. Ever Forgive Its Mayor for Being Abroad When the Wildfires Hit?
Los Angeles is rebuilding, but new crises are mounting and Mayor Karen Bass has been haunted by her absence when the fires started. This week, she is trying to reset. By Shawn Hubler Reporting ...
Los Angeles Times10d
Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a quarter of them civilians at LAPD
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a proposed budget on Monday that would eliminate a nearly $1-billion financial gap by cutting more than 2,700 city positions — about 1,650 of them through ...