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LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block
The Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, created in November 2022, was supposed to spearhead recruitment of ...
Audit finds poor communication, lack of enthusiasm behind L.A.’s failure to eliminate traffic deaths
The City of Los Angeles failed to meet its goal of eliminating traffic fatalities by 2025, in part due to a lack of support ...
LA's credit rating downgraded amid $1 billion deficit, 'structural imbalance'
Standard & Poor's 500 downgraded its credit rating of city of Los Angeles general obligation bonds, citing its “weakening ...
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LA's credit rating downgraded due to 'structural imbalance' amid $1 billion deficit
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is currently seeking a state bailout, but given that the state says it has “no capacity” for new ...
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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly ...
LA looking to create more 15 mph school zones
The city is proposing that the speed limit be lowered from 25 mph on 343 streets surrounding 201 schools in an effort to ...
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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
During the coronavirus pandemic, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti furloughed about 15,000 city workers and offered early retirement packages to others, but avoided outright layoffs at a large scale.
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Los Angeles tried to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025. Instead, they increased
Vision Zero, a plan implemented in L.A. in 2015 by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti, had a lofty goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2025 by educating people about the potential dangers on the roadways ...
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Ex-US envoy on Tahawwur Rana: justice needs patience; China unfazed by US tariffs
Former US Ambassador Eric Garcetti highlighted growing India-US cooperation in counterterrorism and trade. He urged dialogue to resolve tariff tensions. Meanwhile, China raised tariffs in response ...