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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly ...
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Mayor Bass' proposed budget includes 1,600 layoffs amid deficit
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Mayor Karen Bass is scheduled to deliver her State of the City speech Monday, outlining her priorities ...
Lancaster mayor’s remedy for homelessness: ‘Free fentanyl’ and ‘a purge’
The mayor of Lancaster, Rex Parris, has ignited a controversy after musing during a council meeting that one approach to ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass expected to talk about fire recovery, $1B deficit in State of the City speech
The mayor could also address homelessness and the city’s response to a federal crackdown on immigration and “sanctuary cities ...
LA says homeless involved in one-third of fires, one in nine ambulance calls
One-third of fires responded to by the Los Angeles Fire Department over the last six years involve the homeless, according to ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass delivers State of the City address
Mayor Karen Bass delivered her speech focusing on Los Angeles' recovery from January's wildfires. She will also address a nearly $1 billion budget deficit due to overspending and lower tax revenues, ...
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Nearly a third of LA's fires last six years involved homeless people, new report shows
A memo details that nearly a third of all fires the LAFD responded to in the last six years involved a member of the homeless ...
Wildomar residents outraged as RVs from LA County homeless encampment arrive in their neighborhood
Residents of one Wildomar neighborhood are outraged after dozens of RVs that once made up a homeless encampment in Los ...
LA County homeless spending under the microscope of newly appointed US attorney
Newly appointed U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has launched a federal task force to investigate billions in unaccounted homeless ...
Brickbat: Handholding on Homelessness
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter sharply criticized Los Angeles city officials for mismanaging billions of dollars spent on homelessness, calling ...
California mayor says he wants to give homeless people ‘all the fentanyl they want’
A Southern California mayor facing a recall effort is coming under fire after his suggestion to ending his city’s homelessness issue was “giving them all the fentanyl they want.” ...
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LA County restores $5.6 million in funding for homeless youth
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a motion to restore $5.6 million for homeless youth and key ...