2025-01-09 17:54:10
L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned Mayor Karen Bass (D) last month the $17+ million she cut from the department's budget "severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires" [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(42-1-10) Author
2025-01-09 18:05:52
"The city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million": [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(148-1-21) Author
2025-01-09 18:42:48
Mayor Bass approved a budget reduction of $17.8 million in 2024 for the 2025 fiscal year. While most of the cut was fulfilled through leaving vacant admin positions unfilled, approximately $7 million came from the overtime budget, which includes training & fire prevention. [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(126-2-11) Author
2025-01-09 20:39:55
The present & the past years budget can be viewed publicly. There is a 2% cut from the past budget, 2023-2024, to the current budget, 2024-2025 equating to approximately $17m. The loss covers both salary & expenses columns. The link below has links to both year’s budgets. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(48-0-5) Author
2025-01-09 21:02:29
Politico reporting supports the claim that funds were set on reserve and the actual budget included a 50 million dollar increase [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-22) Author
2025-01-10 00:27:18 [Link] Although it is planned that less money will be spent in budget year 24-25 compared to 23-24, it only appears so because the previous year's budget was inflated by one time expenses (equipment replacement). It is therefore accurate that the fire department budget was not cut. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-10) Author