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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Cuts 400 Police Department Jobs in ‘State of the City’
Breitbart ^ | 04/22/2025 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 04/22/2025 7:51:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

LOS ANGELES, California — Mayor Karen Bass tried to strike an upbeat tone as she delivered the bad news Monday in her “State of the City” speech, cutting 400 civilian jobs in the L.A. Police Department next year.

The Los Angeles Times reported:

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a proposed budget on Monday that would eliminate a nearly $1 billion financial gap by cutting more than 2,700 city positions — about 1,650 of them through layoffs.

The $14 billion spending plan, which covers the 2025-26 fiscal year, would provide funding for scores of new hires at the fire department, three months after the Palisades fire destroyed thousands of homes and killed 12 people.

At the Los Angeles Police Department, more than 400 workers would be targeted for layoffs, all of them civilians, according to figures prepared by city budget officials. The number of police officers would continue on its gradual downward trajectory, with new hires failing to keep pace with attrition.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 400; bass; california; channelingtrump; cuts; department; jobs; karen; la; mayor; police; stateofthecity

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Defund the police is a real crowd pleaser in LA.
1 posted on 04/22/2025 7:51:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Officer Nolan’s job is safe for now.


2 posted on 04/22/2025 7:54:01 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Closing one barn door after the horse is out and opening another one to let more horses out. Just amazing...


3 posted on 04/22/2025 7:54:28 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LA Criminals celebrating.


4 posted on 04/22/2025 7:54:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why not layoff firefighters instead, since there isn’t much left to burn?.................😏


5 posted on 04/22/2025 7:54:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Can I vacation in LA and steal things to take home? Is that ok?


6 posted on 04/22/2025 7:56:23 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to the South)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When are the people of LA going to get it through their head that they need to get rid of people like this trashy mayor.
Are they going to wait till the whole city is a no man’s land?


7 posted on 04/22/2025 7:56:40 AM PDT by wbslws
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bass is the face of black leftist imbecility, that cannot deliver on essential services. Then she screwed the lesbian fire chief as her scapegoat.


8 posted on 04/22/2025 7:57:15 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: dennisw

Stolen elections have consequences...


9 posted on 04/22/2025 7:58:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gonna need that money for her next trip to Afrika.


10 posted on 04/22/2025 7:59:15 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to deport the Supreme Court under the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.)
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To: jagusafr

I keep in mind that when budget cuts are needed, Leftists will cut (or threaten to cut) the most essential services to punish the citizenry in a way that causes the most pain. I expect firefighters next (There’s a surprise)


11 posted on 04/22/2025 7:59:34 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess they couldn’t find 400 bureaucrats to cut.


12 posted on 04/22/2025 7:59:37 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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"...The number of police officers would continue on its gradual downward trajectory, with new hires failing to keep pace with attrition..."

As planned.

13 posted on 04/22/2025 8:00:18 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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“Can I vacation in LA and steal things to take home? Is that ok?”

…yes. If it’s accompanied by a “peaceful” protest. But you have to bring your own bricks. Oh. And you can’t be whi…well you know.


14 posted on 04/22/2025 8:02:17 AM PDT by albie (U)
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"Fires? What fires?

15 posted on 04/22/2025 8:02:48 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: wally_bert

The rookie pisses me off with it’s constant whining about police reform with the community activist. Way I see it, defund the police in LA, it can burn after NYC does, I’ll pop some corn and enjoy the chaos.


16 posted on 04/22/2025 8:03:00 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: Liz

Wow, so diverse!


17 posted on 04/22/2025 8:03:33 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: wally_bert

What about Bradford?


18 posted on 04/22/2025 8:04:11 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: BigFreakinToad

I tolerate that stuff.

As a rule, I like Nathan Fillion on screen.

If he wasn’t on there, I probably wouldn’t watch it much if at all.

I like the vast majority of the cast and guest stars that have been on there.


19 posted on 04/22/2025 8:05:18 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: BigFreakinToad

It has been moving left like all TV shows do.


20 posted on 04/22/2025 8:05:42 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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