Libby Denkmann

L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar is facing dozens of charges related to corruption at City Hall.

The Community Safety Partnership program is becoming a formal bureau. Activists who want to defund law enforcement say the LAPD can't police its way out of these problems.

The Community Safety Partnership program is becoming a formal bureau. Activists who want to defund law enforcement say the LAPD can't police its way out of these problems.

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to cut $150 million from the LAPD's $1.8 billion operating budget, with funds to be redirected toward marginalized communities.

Reductions to the LAPD budget will mostly come from cutting police overtime and scaling back officer hiring.

Councilmembers will require independent oversight of the LAPD's investigation into use of force during recent protests.

Some Los Angeles city workers will be offered a cash incentive to retire under a new measure the City Council approved on Tuesday, part of a cost-saving plan.

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has approved a proposal that slashes over 3,200 county positions and will likely force hundreds of layoffs in the fall.

L.A. County's progress in expanding alternatives to incarceration appears to be on hold while COVID squeezes public finances. Cuts to county departments across the board are planned.

L.A. County's Measure H, which provides funding for homeless services, is among the programs that stand to be affected in the revised county budget. Budget cuts could also hit the Sheriff's Department hard.

Among the proposed cuts: Funding for the Sheriff’s Department would be reduced by $145.4 million and the department could face 346 potential layoffs.

L.A. County's revised spending proposal released Thursday slices 8% from all department budgets and includes 655 potential layoffs. The plan includes cuts to the Sheriff's Department.