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LOS ANGELES - Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement Tuesday to avert the planned furlough of municipal employees and all remaining civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025-26, an outcome resulting from months of negotiations with labor unions.

Layoffs adverted

What we know:

In April, Bass had proposed more than 1,600 layoffs as part of an effort to eliminate a nearly $1 billion budget deficit caused by overspending, skyrocketing liability payouts, lower-than-expected tax revenues, and a weakening economy.

The number of layoffs was then later reduced to 600 after budget maneuvering by the City Council.

Of the 600 layoffs, about 250 Los Angeles Police Department civilian positions were proposed for elimination, however, an agreement with the Los Angeles Police Protecti

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