Did L.A.’s mayor cut the fire department budget? The answer gets ...
Jan 10, 2025 · When Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her budget plan for 2024-25, she called for a 2.7% reduction in spending at the Los Angeles Fire Department. Her proposal, unveiled in April, sought $23 million in ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M
Jan 9, 2025 · Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced scorching criticism Wednesday as it was revealed she cut the city’s fire department budget by $17.6 million ahead of this week’s devastating fires — as she...
Did the LA mayor cut the fire department’s budget? - PolitiFact
Jan 14, 2025 · City records show that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass proposed in April 2024 to cut the fire department’s budget by $23 million as the city experienced lower tax revenues and higher costs. The...
LA Mayor Karen Bass handed out rich city contracts, forcing …
Jan 11, 2025 · Los Angeles was forced to slash funding for the fire department after Mayor Karen Bass awarded gilded contracts to city workers, a review of public records shows. The trouble began early last...
Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months …
Jan 9, 2025 · Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show. Mayor Karen...
A Closer Look at Mayor Bass and the Budget Cuts to the L.A. Fire ...
Jan 9, 2025 · Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, looks on as Chief Kristin M. Crowley of the Los Angeles Fire Department addresses the news media at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles last year.
LA Mayor Karen Bass FIRES fire chief Kristin Crowley after ... - MSN
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was fired by Mayor Karen Bass on Friday afternoon, a source close to the chief’s office told DailyMail.com. ‘Kristin was summoned by Bass...
Los Angeles budget prioritizes spending on homeless over fire ...
Jan 8, 2025 · Los Angeles' budget is in the spotlight as multiple wildfires rage around the city amid revelations that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the fire department's budget last year while...
Karen Bass Dragged for Slashing Fire Department's Funds - The …
Jan 9, 2025 · Over 20,000 acres in Los Angeles County were set ablaze by wildfires and raging winds causing families to lose their homes and thousands to flee the area for safety. The fire department’s...
Karen Bass criticized for cutting LAFD budget by ... - FOX 11 Los Angeles
Jan 9, 2025 · Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass got criticized for cutting city Fire Department's budget by $17.6 million before the area got torched by several massive wildfires.