A month before fires, L.A. fire chief warned budget cuts were hampering emergency response
The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles slashed its fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending for its homeless population, a move that has fallen under scrutiny as wildfires rage.
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Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months before deadly fires
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.
LAFD Chief Warned Budget Cuts ‘Severely Limited’ Disaster Response a Month Before LA Wildfires Outbreak
Kristin Crowley expressed concerns in a memo written Dec. 4, according to KNBC The post LAFD Chief Warned Budget Cuts ...
LA fire chief warned Mayor Karen Bass last month that budget cuts would impact department’s ability to fight wildfires
The budget, approved last year by Bass, cut mainly administrative jobs but also axed about $7 million from its overtime budget.
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LA Fire Chief warned last month that budget cuts would affect response to large-scale emergencies
The LA Fire Chief warned in the weeks before the devastating Palisades fire that the decision to cut the department’s budget ...
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Karen Bass criticized for cutting LAFD budget by $17.6M amid 3 LA County fires
The Palisades Fire has burned more than 15,000 acres in just over a day. And that's just one of the fires ripping through LA ...
Fact Check: Did Los Angeles Cut Fire Department Funding by $17.6M?
The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the ...
Cause of raging Los Angeles wildfires still undetermined as Mayor Karen Bass defends her leadership
Los Angeles officials delivered an update on the efforts to combat wildfires across the city on Thursday, saying more ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M, focused on homeless spending— months before wildfires turned city into hellscape
The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by a staggering $17.6 million this financial year, records show -- as fire ...