The Brief LA Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement with labor unions to avert all planned furloughs and civil service layoffs for fiscal year 2025–26. The deal avoids roughly 600 layoffs through budget maneuvers, voluntary unpaid days, and transferring employees to proprietary city departments. City officials say Los Angeles’ $1 billion budget deficit has now been closed. Of the 600 layoffs, about 250 Los Angeles Police Department civilian positions were proposed for elimination, however, an agreement with the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAAPL), which represents officers, saved those jobs. David Green, president and executive director of Service Employees International Union, which represents approximately 11,000 city employees, described the agreement as "historic," and one that ensures workers will keep their jobs while helping the city to increase revenues.