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Fires, tariffs and high interest rates: L.A. housing construction plunged at start of year
Developers in the first three months of 2025 pulled building permits for 57% fewer homes in the city of Los Angeles than they ...
In State of the City speech to a battered Los Angeles, Bass strikes hopeful tone
Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Bass released a budget after her speech that calls for the elimination of ...
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Housing Advocates Surround Los Angeles City Hall in Red Tape
Housing advocates surrounded Los Angeles City Hall with 1,480 feet of red ribbon Tuesday, a symbol of the bureaucratic ...
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Los Angeles Mayor's budget proposes department mergers, layoffs
To close a $1 billion budget hole, Mayor Karen Bass would merge some departments and lay off more than 1,600 city workers.
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LA budget cuts: What departments could be impacted by layoffs?
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed $13.9 billion municipal budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which includes more ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass discusses budget, layoffs in 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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Mayor Bass Announces Municipal Layoffs to Combat Deficit in State of the City Address
Mayor Karen Bass Monday touted progress in the dual housing and homelessness crises in the city and the record pace of ...
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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 ...
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A new program trains college students for jobs helping homeless Californians. Can it survive?
Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for jobs in homeless services. But can it ...
California Republican mayor calls for the extermination of the homeless
Rex Parris, mayor of Lancaster, just north of Los Angeles, claimed that homeless people were responsible for the vast ...
The state senator who could foil the YIMBY agenda
ICYMI — Former Fox News host Steve Hilton is running for governor of California in 2026, Blake reported. His candidacy puts ...