Budgets

The state's legislative analyst's office expects revenues for the fiscal 2025-26 budget year to be $7.8 billion lower than estimated in January.

The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 was balanced through an ongoing reorganization of city government, according to Mayor John Whitmire.

KBRA downgraded Los Angeles GO bonds to AA from AA-plus in the city's second downgrade within a week. The city's lease revenue bonds were also cut.

The coming fiscal year will have more than 10 times the state bonding as the current fiscal year.

To close a $1 billion budget hole, Mayor Karen Bass would merge some departments and lay off more than 1,600 city workers.

The Los Angeles Legislative Delegation penned a letter to state budget leaders asking for $1.9 billion in fire recovery aid for the city after meeting with city leaders.

The governor is calling for a freeze on planned cuts to individual and corporate tax rates.

Mayor Karen Bass and her budget chief say the city faces a $1 billion budget gap and will need to rethink the way Los Angeles operates.

The city's Independent Budget Office projects New York's operating surplus as a percentage of tax revenue will fall to 4.8% at the end of the fiscal year.

A voter-approved charter amendment requiring a bigger police force spurred Moody's Ratings to revise its outlook on the city's A1 bond rating to negative.