In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire department by $17.6 million from the previous year.

City records show that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass proposed in April 2024 to cut the fire department’s budget by $23 million as the city experienced lower tax revenues and higher costs.

Fact check: Wildfire victims can get one-time $770 FEMA payment plus other aid. On May 14, 2022, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley announced the arrival of the department’s first electric ...

As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have ...

Fire fighting trucks, engines and apparatus awaiting repair at the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance. The department underwent $17 million in cuts to its ...

When Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her budget plan for 2024-25, she called for a 2.7% reduction in spending at the Los Angeles Fire Department. Her proposal, unveiled in April, sought $23 million ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley critiqued the city's handling of fire department funding Friday, agreeing when pressed that the city failed her department amid the deadly wildfires ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget was cut by nearly $17.6 million this fiscal year. That’s a roughly 2% decrease from the previous year. To stream KREM on your phone, you need the KREM ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Fire Department has announced its first-ever diversity, equity and inclusion bureau, in an effort to help change a department culture historically ...