The department is down hundreds of officers from its 2019 ranks and projects that it will continue to dwindle in fiscal year ...

Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.

As firefighters respond to one of the most devastating disasters in Los Angeles history, the city’s fire department is operating under “extremely under-staffed and under-resourced” conditions, its ...

LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation.

Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...

The Los Angeles mayor said none of the budget cuts could have impacted the city’s response to ... [+] ongoing wildfires.

The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, declared on X that “the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget ...

McDonnell said the department is “cognizant of what’s at stake” –- with a majority of the LAPD budget going toward personnel, the police force often relies on grants to provide for ...

This is a woefully understaffed fire department,” Escobar said. “We’re either going to have a fire department that’s going to ...