LA City Council has very tough choices to make about potential budget cuts

Budget season has arrived, and on Tuesday, April 30, the Los Angeles City Council’s budget committee will kick off the first in a series of meetings to go over the city’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.

Mayor Karen Bass last week proposed a budget of $12.8 billion for 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 with lower-than-expected revenues as well as increased labor costs and other rising expenses this year.