Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed a $13 billion budget that includes hundreds of layoffs, cuts to city services, and closes a nearly billion-dollar deficit brought on by increased expenses and ...

LA City budget hearing drew protests over proposed 1,647 layoffs, service cuts Emotions ran high as council’s Budget and Finance Committee held special hearing on mayor’s proposed budget ...

The City of LA is projected to have a $1 billion gap for the fiscal year 2025-26. The City Administrative Officer said the severity of revenue declines and rising costs created a budget gap that ...

LOS ANGELES — L.A.'s financial problems exploded into a full-blown crisis on Wednesday, with the city's top budget official announcing that next year's shortfall is now just shy of $1 ...

LA City Councilmember John Lee is one of two members to vote against the city's proposed $14 billion budget on Friday, May 30, 2025. (File photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) ...

LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned Mayor Karen Bass about budget cuts before the deadly wildfires struck. REUTERS The overtime hours were used in part to pay for FAA-mandated pilot training and ...

However, the fire department’s budget has grown since the city’s overall $12.8 billion spending plan was adopted on July 1, 2024, according to city documents, and is on track to exceed $950 ...