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

Critics on social media have alleged that Mayor Karen Bass cut the city fire department’s budget by $23 million this year.

The crisis facing the LA Fire Department is a microcosm of the broader contradictions of capitalism. It highlights the urgent ...

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...

Several people are on record sounding the alarm that the Los Angeles Fire Department did not have the resources it needs ...

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

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said ... time when the blaze began tearing across Los Angeles. "Any budget cut is going to impact our ability to provide service," she said.

Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show. Mayor Karen Bass signed ...

City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo told the Los Angeles Times that overall fire department overtime increased in this ...

LOS ANGELES -- Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands of firefighters are battling at least five wildfires, ABC News dug into the city ...