In reality, the state’s financial future is murkier.

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

On Friday, state finance officials unveiled the governor’s full $322 billion budget proposal which funds Newsom’s signature ...

Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson has released his office’s budget priorities, which call for $4 billion in reduced spending by ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said that the City of Los Angeles failed its residents after failing to ...

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

The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...

Just over $100 million was cut from California's wildfire and forest resilience fund in the latest budget, though total ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief warned a month ago that budget cuts had plunged it into "unprecedented ...

Local governments are seeing greater impacts of climate change, and though most have emergency management departments, it’s ...

Newsom and lawmakers, as part of budget negotiations last year, reached a handshake agreement to make cuts, defer programs ...

As the most destructive fire in Los Angeles area history rages, Mayor Karen Bass faces criticism over the timing of an ...