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LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block
The Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, created in November 2022, was supposed to spearhead recruitment of ...
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LA's credit rating downgraded due to 'structural imbalance' amid $1 billion deficit
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is currently seeking a state bailout, but given that the state says it has “no capacity” for new ...
Audit finds poor communication, lack of enthusiasm behind L.A.’s failure to eliminate traffic deaths
The City of Los Angeles failed to meet its goal of eliminating traffic fatalities by 2025, in part due to a lack of support ...
Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing laying off over 1,600 government workers to close a yawning budget gap.
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‘Vision Zero’ didn’t reduce L.A. traffic deaths. What happened?
Los Angeles launched an initiative with the ambitious goal of reducing traffic deaths to zero by 2025. 10 years later, we’re ...
Los Angeles tried to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025. Instead, they increased
An audit of a long-running government initiative to reduce traffic deaths in Los Angeles is failing, according to an audit. Vision Zero, a plan implemented in L.A. in 2015 by then-Mayor Eric ...
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Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
During the coronavirus pandemic, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti furloughed about 15,000 city workers and offered early retirement packages to others, but avoided outright layoffs at a large scale.