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20260623 After Bass negotiated significant raises for police officers, firefighters and the civilian workforce, the city was left with too few dollars to sustain basic services, former Dep Mayor Cole said.rtf
20260623 Bass - Reversed years of LAPD staffing decline with executive action to accelerate hiring and improve retention.rtf
20260623 Bass - The CIRCLE program responded to nearly 10,000 calls for service — providing an unarmed alternative to LAPD for non-emergency situations.rtf
20260623 Bass - The Organized Retail Crime Task Force made more than 350 arrests and recovered over $66 million in stolen merchandise.rtf
20260623 Bass began seeing progress in police hiring last year. But by then, the city also faced a $1-billion budget shortfall, fueled in part by increased personnel costs. She recommended layoffs for about 1,600 civilian workers.rtf
20260623 Bass – Murder is down, gang-related murder is down, shooting victims are down.rtf
20260623 Working with the council’s leadership, Bass negotiated an expensive pay package with the city’s police union, hiking starting salaries while offering raises and retention bonuses.rtf