Bass has proposed cutting more than 2,700 city positions via 1,647 layoffs and eliminating 1,053 vacant positions.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says “my proposed budget, unfortunately, includes layoffs, which is a decision of absolute last resort.” She blamed city personnel costs and wildfire

Animal Services officials said that with budget cuts, "euthanasia will increase dramatically." But City officials say there is money in the city's unappropriated budget to prevent the cuts.