⬆️ MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET: DEPARTMENT SALARIES/PAYROLL INCREASES/DECREASES ⬇️
• 1,647 layoffs (direct savings $114M)
• 1,074 vacant position eliminations (direct savings $100M)• Fire will get a net increase: +227 positions
• Housing will get a net increase: +74 positions pic.twitter.com/qRWwBQfj0g— LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) April 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a seaside neighborhood leveled in a January wildfire.
The prospect of chopping hundreds of government jobs comes as the latest unwelcome news for the first-term Democrat, who will stand for reelection next year.
In an address to the city council, Bass called the municipal workforce the “city’s greatest asset” but said cuts were needed as City Hall wrestles with uncertainty in Washington, higher costs for worker salaries and benefits, a slowing economy, and the daunting work of rebuilding the affluent Pacific Palisades community.