‘Our city is facing one of the most fiscally dire situations since the Great Recession’ says councilman Bob Blumenfield
Budget season has arrived, and on Tuesday, April 30, the Los Angeles City Council’s budget committee will kick off the first infor the 2024-25 fiscal year – a decrease of $293 million, or about 2%, from this year’s budget. The city is looking to shore up its finances, having been hit withand public safety even as her budget calls for the elimination of 2,139 mostly vacant positions, including some which have gone unfilled for years.
And the street services bureau is looking at a $30 million budget cut, or about a 13.1% hit. Keith Mozee, who heads up the bureau, said inthat the bureau would see a net loss of 383 positions – although it wasn’t clear how many are currently vacant. The Department of Aging is facing more than $5 million in cuts, or a 30.6% reduction to its budget. General Manager Jaime Pacheco-OrozcoThese are just a few examples of tough choices that await city councilmembers as they decide what to fund – or cut – from the 2024-25 budget.
“Facing costs associated with new labor deals, less than expected revenues and the drying up of federal COVID-related aid, Mayor Bass has put forward some tough choices,” Blumenfield said. “Our committee will go over these choices and each department’s budget with a fine tooth comb to consider needed changes.”
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