Los Angeles Mayor Signs Budget, Reaches LAPD Hiring Deal

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks in Culver City, Calif., on Feb. 21, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has signed a roughly $14 billion budget for fiscal year 2025–26, the Mayor’s Office announced June 7.

Bass signed the spending plan on June 6, the last day she could do so under a city charter deadline.