Mayor Bass signs agreement to avert layoffs of LA municipal employeesMayor Karen Bass signed an agreement that she said will avert the planned furlough of some municipal employees and all remaining civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025-26. Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement that she said will avert the planned furlough of some municipal employees and all remaining civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025-26. Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement that she said will avert the planned furlough of some municipal employees and all remaining civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025-26. Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement that she said will avert the planned furlough of some municipal employees and all remaining civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025-26. The city got creative in shuffling city employees around .