Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass visited with state lawmakers in Sacramento on March 24 to ask for nearly $2 billion to help the city fill a $1 billion budget hole and cover costs related to the destructive Palisades Fire.
Bass led a delegation of four City Council members who lobbied for funds to be included in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s next budget, which is undergoing legislative review.
“Los Angeles is facing a budget crisis while recovering from devastating and unprecedented wildfires, and it’s important that we advocate directly to state leaders for support,” Bass said Monday in a statement.
The mayor told City News Service the meetings were productive. She spoke with Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) and Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), who chairs the Los Angeles County legislative delegation….