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Los Angeles mayor slashes fire department DEI bureau in proposed budget months after woke backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget proposal that would fold the LAFD’s Equity Bureau into the Professional ...
Mayor Bass kicks off Shine LA clean up initiative with event in Hollywood
Mayor Karen Bass hosted the first event launching the Shine LA cleanup initiative in Hollywood on Saturday morning. Bass was ...
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 ...
Mayor Bass' budget proposes cuts to troubled LA Animal Services
Mayor Karen Bass' budget proposal would lay off 62 employees at LA Animal Services and cut $6.4 million from the troubled ...
LA’s Mayor Bass suspends collection of rebuilding fees for Palisades residents
Karen Bass’s third executive order just this week aims to reduce rebuilding costs and expedite timelines for property owners ...
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Los Angeles budget committee to consider Mayor Bass' proposed spending plan
Mayor Karen Bass’ proposed spending plan aimed at closing a $1 billion budget deficit and addressing other financial ...
LA Times Today: Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a quarter of them civilians at LAPD
Mayor Karen Bass outlined the dire state of L.A.’s economic situation on Monday. Her budget projection comes at a difficult ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass discusses budget, layoffs in State of the City address
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her State of the City address, focusing on Los Angeles' recovery from ...
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 ...
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Looking Up and Cutting Down: Mayor Bass speaks on the state of LA, unveils budget
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass praised her city as she delivered her State of the City address on April 21, providing a message ...
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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Hearings on LA department budgets underway as labor leaders push back on mayor's proposed cuts
As L.A. Mayor Karen Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs to deal with a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall, departments will ...