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Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs

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 affected workforce number announced Monday included 1,647 filled position layoffs,

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Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs: What departments are on the list?

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed $13.9 billion municipal budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which includes more than 1,600 layoffs.

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Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a quarter of them civilians 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 relief can stave off those cuts.

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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 ...

Democrat-run Los Angeles failing wildfire victims’ rebuilding plans months after Trump visit: GOP rep

Thousands of Pacific Palisades homeowners are waiting to rebuild after the devastating wildfires as only a handful of permits ...

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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 ...

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LA mayor issues three executive actions on fire rebuilding. Here's what they mean for you

Mayor Karen Bass' executive actions are intended to streamline the rebuilding process and ease financial pressures for ...

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Bass proposes adding more than 200 LAFD jobs. Will it help improve response times?

Exempted from the cuts is the Los Angeles Fire Department, which would get more funding to hire more firefighters. Bass' proposed new city budget includes bumping up LAFD's budget by 12.7%.

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LAFD says homeless involved in 1/3 of fires: “Mayor Karen Bass must be held accountable"

Some leaders shared their concern that the city’s lack of progress in addressing homelessness has a negative impact on the ...

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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 ...

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