Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Bass released a budget after her speech that calls for the elimination of more than 2,700 city positions — including 1,650 layoffs.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while ...

Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a spending plan for the city of Los Angeles that includes more than 1,600 layoffs, budget cuts and increases, the consolidation of municipal departments and other efforts ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends ...

You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Two years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass laid out an ambitious and expensive goal for her first city budget: restore ...

In the week of her annual State of the City address, in a season in which she must begin a re-election campaign for 2026, after easily the most trying three months of her long political career, ...

The mayor of a Southern California city says two women have been shot on a college campus and taken to the hospital.

Facing a nearly $1 billion shortfall driven by dwindling revenues and increasing costs, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off 1,647 workers and closing some city departments ...

Facing massive budget issues and an edgy populace, Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles City Council propose to raise waste collection fees, massive layoffs and postponement of maintenance and ...

Trees lie on the street after being cut down the previous Friday night seen on Sunday, April 20, 2025 in Los Angeles. Credit: AP/Carlin Stiehl In a statement, the office of Mayor Karen Bass called the ...

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles will be ready to welcome the world when it hosts the Olympics in 2028 and will use the time leading up to the opening ceremony to improve the city, LA Mayor Karen Bass ...