Mayor Karen Bass' budget proposal would lay off 62 employees at LA Animal Services and cut $6.4 million from the troubled department.

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.