Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan to avert layoffs after successful labor negotiations and secured an agreement for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 City Budget on Tuesday.

At a news conference, Bass was joined by local union leaders to address the looming layoffs that were mentioned in April during her State of the City address. The layoffs were described as "inevitable" with 1,600 positions at risk.

At the time, Bass said she was willing to take a pay cut and hold off on scheduled raises for her staff members in order to address some of the city's $1 billion shortfall.

On Tuesday, Bass gave an update that "through creative solutions such as transferring positions to other departments," the initial layoffs proposed had been averted.

"After months of negotiations and problem-solving,

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