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L.A. City Controller Warns of Looming Fiscal Emergency Amid Budget Deficit and Overspending
LOS ANGELES - City Controller Kenneth Mejia has warned that Los Angeles is on the brink of declaring a "fiscal emergency" due ...
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A City in Financial Crisis: How Damage from the Palisades Fire Will Impact the L.A .Economy
LOS ANGELES - As Los Angeles' 2025 budget season entered its review and revision phase in January, so did one of the most ...
LA controller to audit city’s encampment cleanup program
We will create a concrete picture of whether CARE/CARE+ is an effective and humane use of over $60 million of taxpayer ...
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A ‘dangerously unacceptable breakdown’ led to errant or delayed evacuation warnings in LA. The rest of the US isn’t immune
“This is a concern that people should have all over the country – be you in earthquake country or fire country or floods or hurricanes,” said former Los Angeles city controller Ron ...
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L.A. Officials Call for Investigation After Delayed Fire Evacuation Alerts
“There’s no question that for some people having gotten that notification earlier would have saved a lot of grief, would have saved lives,” Ron Galperin, a former Los Angeles city controller ...
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L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
a former Los Angeles city controller who produced reports on the city’s emergency alerts in 2018 and 2022. “Obviously, the notification systems need some work.” On Jan. 8, county officials ...
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Wildfires could cost Los Angeles billions, but the financial fallout is just beginning
In the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, City Controller Kenneth Mejia warned that Los Angeles had ended the year in deficit, forcing officials ...
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Horrifying Videos of Los Angeles Wildfires Paint Apocalyptic Picture
Last year, as shown in a graphic shared by Los Angeles city controller Kenneth Mejia , the city cut the fire department's budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year by $17.6 million. The police budget ...
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LA controller to audit city’s encampment cleanup program
The Los Angeles City Controller on Monday announced plans to audit the city’s Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement program, which was launched in 2019 to maintain city streets and address ...