On Friday, Crowley told Fox 11 the LAFD is not “properly funded,” saying funds that were slashed from the department’s budget ...

Critics on social media have alleged that Mayor Karen Bass cut the city fire department’s budget by $23 million this year.

In a series of posts on X, Controller Kenneth Mejia called it “disgraceful" that city officials are downplaying major cuts to ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kirstin Crowley slammed the city’s leadership over its handling of the fire department’s budget as ...

A number of battalion chiefs have signed a letter calling for Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley to ...

These fires come six months after Los Angeles slashed the LAFD's budget in fiscal year 2025. The LAFD budget decreased by more than $17 million from 2024 to 2025, according to the LA City Controller.

The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last ...

Kristin Crowley expressed concerns in a memo written Dec. 4, according to KNBC The post LAFD Chief Warned Budget Cuts ‘Severely Limited’ Disaster Response a Month Before LA Wildfires Outbreak appeared ...

Several people are on record sounding the alarm that the Los Angeles Fire Department did not have the resources it needs ...

Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed ...

As a result, if you just compare the LAFD’s budget last year to this year’s, it looks like it went down $23M. But that’s because when the budget was adopted last May or June, the city was ...