LA Times Today: Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
L.A. Fire chief Kristin Crowley pointed the finger at Mayor Karen Bass and budget cuts to the L.A. Fire Department. And she’s ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass Remained Silent When Asked About Fire Dept. Budget Cut
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass remained silent when a reporter asked about her absence during the start of the LA wildfires and ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass handed out rich city contracts, forcing drastic cuts to fire department months before deadly wildfires: records
Los Angeles was forced to slash funding for the fire department after mayor Karen Bass awarded gilded contracts to city ...
Fact Check: Did Los Angeles Cut Fire Department Funding by $17.6M?
The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M, focused on homeless spending— months before wildfires turned city into hellscape
The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by a staggering $17.6 million this financial year, records show -- as fire ...
LA fire chief warned Mayor Karen Bass last month that budget cuts would impact department’s ability to fight wildfires
The budget, approved last year by Bass, cut mainly administrative jobs but also axed about $7 million from its overtime ...
ABC75d
Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months before deadly fires
Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year ...
LA Times Owner Criticizes Mayor Karen Bass Over Wildfires: ‘Competence Matters’
LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong called into question Mayor Karen Bass' recent slashing of the LA Fire Department's budget ...
Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...