Bass' proposed city budget includes more funding for LAPD, cuts for LAFD

FOX 11 Los Angeles— Amid financial concerns due to lower-than-planned revenues and unexpected spending needs, Mayor Karen Bass Monday released a proposed $12.8 billion city budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year — a decrease from this fiscal year's $242 million spending plan.Significantly, the proposal — described by Bass a "reset" — includes $65 million in cuts to her signature Inside Safe program; an increase of more than $138 million for the Los Angeles Police Department; and a decrease of about $23 million for the...

KRQE News 13—Organization urges Albuquerque leaders to include library funding in proposed budget. The advisory board said they not only want it to be added to the FY 2025 budget, but they also want it to be a recurring fund.

Los Angeles Times—Bass budget would reduce homelessness funding, scale back LAPD hiring goal. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass proposed a $12.8 billion budget on Monday that would reduce spending on homelessness initiatives, scale back an effort to hire more police officers and eliminate more than 2,100 vacant positions. The mayor's team said her proposed budget for 2024-25 would provide about $950 million to address homelessness, down from the nearly $1.3 billion approved for the current fiscal year. Her spending plan includes $185 million for Inside Safe, Bass' signature program to move...

Audacy—Mayor Bass’ proposed budget: more cops, less housing. With Los Angeles facing a $469 million budget deficit, Mayor Karen Bass made significant spending cuts in her proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, including to her Inside Safe program.