Mayor Bass Signs $13.9 Billion LA City Budget, Reaches LAPD Hiring Deal

Los Angeles Mayor Signs Budget, Reaches LAPD Hiring Deal

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has signed a roughly $14 billion budget for fiscal year 2025–26, the Mayor’s Office announced June 7. Bass signed the spending plan on June 6, the last day she could do so under a city charter deadline. The mayor also announced that she has secured an agreement with city council leadership to restore hiring levels for the Los Angeles Police Department. Council leadership will identify funds for an additio…

Mayor Bass signs $13.9 billion LA city budget, reaches LAPD hiring deal

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed a roughly $14 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-26.

Mayor Karen Bass says she has reached a deal to restore police officer hiring

Bass, after signing the city budget, said Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson made a commitment to find the funds to add 240 LAPD officers over the next year.

Los Angeles Mayor Bass signs city budget to preserve services, bolster police force

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed the city budget on Friday. The newly signed budget will preserve city services like street repair, traffic management and parks and library programming maintenance. It will also help to bring new jobs to the Los Angeles Police Department, according to the mayor's office. "City Council leadership will identify funds for an additional 240 recruits within 90 days," Bass' office said in a press release. "The money…

LA Mayor Karen Bass signs budget, reaches LAPD hiring deal

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has signed a roughly $14 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-26, the Mayor's Office announced Saturday.