The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday voted, 12-3, to approve a revised budget that reduces the number of layoffs proposed by Mayor Karen Bass — in part by shrinking the size of the Police Department.

The plan averts 1,000 layoffs, lowering the number of city workers who will lose their jobs to 650.

Bass, facing a nearly $1 billion deficit, had proposed 1,647 layoffs that she acknowledged would have resulted in a reduction in a wide range of city services.

 

 

The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday voted, 12-3, to approve a revised budget that reduces the number of layoffs proposed by Mayor Karen Bass &mdash; in part by shrinking the size of the Police Department.
The plan averts 1,000 layoffs, lowering the number of city workers who will lose their jobs to 650.
Bass, facing a nearly $1 billion deficit, had proposed 1,647 layoffs that she acknowledged would have resulted in a reduction in a wide range of city services.
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