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Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the
city’s fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than
$17.5 million, records show.
Mayor Karen Bass signed the City of Los Angeles’ budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The total budget for the city’s fire department was $819.64 million.
Records show that for the previous fiscal year, the LAFD’s total budget
was $837.2 million. The total budget includes salaries, expenses and
equipment.
The city's controller, Kenneth Mejia, posted a graphic on X in October confirming the fire department's budget was cut by $17.6 million. The
graphic also showed that the city's police department budget increased by
$126 million.
"This budget serves as a reset, in part by continuing to hire for critical positions including police officers and firefighters while eliminating
some of the department’s vacant positions, thereby prioritizing our City
family over empty desks," Bass said in a statement in June.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-fires-live-updates-2nd-fire- escalates-quickly/?id=117448186&entryId=117486726
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