To deal with a $1 billion deficit, the city plans to lay off more than 600 employees, though it will try to transfer some to ...

The Youth Development Department was created in 2021 to coordinate youth services throughout the city. The mayor proposes that it be folded into the Community Investment for Families Department.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power also performs streetlight work, with the city Street Lighting Bureau owing LADWP over $78 million dating back to 2016.

Notably, the budget cuts $36.63 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s proposed budget and reduces new police hiring in half from 480 new recruits to 230.

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.

That means the taxpayers of Los Angeles spent more than $137,000 for each of the 2,681 individuals helped by Inside Safe, including 69 individuals who ended up incarcerated and 70 who died.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $13.9 billion budget, which has revisions that spared 1,000 jobs while also closing the city's nearly $1 billion deficit. Tensions at City Hall boiled over ...

A former Los Angeles deputy mayor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge after falsely reporting a bomb threat at City Hall to law enforcement in 2024, federal prosecutors said. Brian K ...