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Los Angeles mayor slashes fire department DEI bureau in proposed budget months after woke backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget proposal that would fold the LAFD’s Equity Bureau into the Professional ...
Karen Bass’ “State of the City” speech: A declaration of war on Los Angeles’ working class
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her 2025 State of the City address this week, unveiling a proposed budget that slashes ...
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More LA budget reaction
Labor union leaders and their members told a Los Angeles City Council budget committee on Monday that Mayor Karen Bass’ ...
L.A. City budget hearing drew protests over proposed 1,647 layoffs, service cuts
Animal welfare advocates focused Monday on the impact of proposed budget cuts to the Los Angeles Animal Services Department, ...
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More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers take to picket lines for 2-day strike
More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers were on strike again Tuesday, closing libraries and disrupting administrative ...
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Karen Read trial takeaways: Alleged murder in the snow brings tearful testimony
A firefighter who was among the first at the scene. A friend of the man found lying in the snow. And the man’s mother in tears recalling her son, a Boston police officer whose death is at the ...
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Karen Read’s Retrial Begins With New Jury, Old Arguments
By Michael Levenson Jenna Russell and Kate Selig Lawyers delivered opening statements on Tuesday in the retrial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who is accused of killing her boyfriend ...