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‘We are six months to a year ahead’ in recovery: Mayor Karen Bass on L.A. wildfire recovery efforts
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the city’s wildfire recovery efforts, her relationship with the White House regarding disaster relief, and a recall effort funded ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Mayor Karen Bass' proposed city budget includes over 1,600 layoffs
Since budget planning began, layoffs have been called "inevitable" with 3,500 positions on the chopping block. The final ...
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Los Angeles mayor slashes fire department DEI bureau in proposed budget months after woke backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appeared to be backing away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the city’s fire department after facing massive backlash over the poor response to the ...
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Angelenos vent outrage over mayor's budget, proposed staff and service cuts
More than 200 people showed up at a City Council public hearing in Van Nuys on Mayor Karen Bass’ proposed budget Friday, with almost all warning that her plan to lay off over 1,600 people would ...
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, ...
Brickbat: Handholding on Homelessness
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter sharply criticized Los Angeles city officials for mismanaging billions of dollars ...
Los Angeles Times11d
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 ...
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Bass proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs. Will it help improve response times?
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Mayor Bass announced Monday that she's proposing city employee layoffs to help offset a nearly $1 billion budget deficit. The proposal was released after her ...
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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while ...
LA Budget Plan Cuts 1,600 Jobs, Adds Firefighters After Blazes
Facing a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed deep cuts, including laying off roughly 5% of the city’s workforce, to help stabilize finances after ...