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Federal budget cuts from President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill are leaving some service organizations in limbo.
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has given the green light to a planned high-rise mixed-use development in downtown.
The Los Angeles Police Department would receive an increase of $6.1 million to its nearly $2 billion operational budget. The city would retain about 20%, or 120, more officers compared to 2024.
Los Angeles is not unique. More than 2,100 cities across the country expect major budget deficits this year, and many will have to cut employees and slash services to break even.
Los Angeles is facing a projected shortfall of nearly $1 billion next fiscal year, and significant cuts and “thousands” of layoffs are “nearly inevitable,” the top budget official told the ...
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore listened patiently as I explained over the phone that I needed to clear up some things with his department. On Feb. 10, I wrote about Councilmember Hugo Soto ...
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education has unanimously approved an $18.8 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year that includes protection of current staffing levels and ...
For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles budgeted $837 million for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which was roughly 65% the size of the homeless budget of $1.3 billion.
Los Angeles authorities placed roughly 179,000 people on evacuation orders as flames tore through the region. Five people were killed as a result of the blaze, which destroyed at least 1,300 ...
Los Angeles pulled off a rare feat in 1984: the city turned a profit on the Summer Olympics. It's looking like that may not be easy in 2028. And that could come at a bad time for the city.
The Los Angeles Unified School District is poised to authorize an $18.4 billion budget Tuesday, June 25 that maintains staffing, mental health support and continues to reduce class sizes despite ...