Matt Szabo – California Globe

How Many California Cities are Running Huge Budget Deficits?

May 12, 2025 3:00 amMay 12, 2025 6:24 am

How many California cities are running huge budget deficits, yet refuse to cut out the real cancer – the bureaucratic and administrative bloat? California’s colleges and universities too – they are cutting sports and academic programs, but not the high-salaried,...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes 1,647 City Employee Layoffs Amidst Huge $1 Billion Budget Gap

April 22, 2025 2:20 pmApril 22, 2025 2:20 pm

During her state of the city address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced several cuts and rollbacks in the city budget to close the nearly $1 billion city budget deficit, including the layoffs of 1,600 employees and the...

Los Angeles City Council Approves Only $29 Million Of $46 Million Requested Inside Safe Homeless Funding

April 3, 2025 6:03 pmApril 3, 2025 6:03 pm

In a meeting earlier this week, the Los Angeles City Council voted to give the Inside Safe homeless program, Mayor Karen Bass’ signature homeless initiative that places many in hotels and motels, only $29.1 million of the Bass Administration’s requested...

City Of Los Angeles Expected To Make Major Cuts As City Faces A Nearly $1 Billion Budget Deficit

March 20, 2025 1:48 pmMarch 20, 2025 1:48 pm

Los Angeles City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo shocked many on the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday by announcing that the city budget deficit was worse than they thought, coming in at just under $1 billion in the red. In a...