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Budget committee restores $5 million to Animal Services; department asks to keep additional filled positions
Summary
Committee action to reallocate $5 million from the mayor's unappropriated balance preserved field staff and shelter operations, but Animal Services requested restoration of five more filled positions and one vacant accounting slot to maintain care and programs.
The Los Angeles City Budget Committee on May 6 moved to reappropriate $5 million from the mayor’s unappropriated balance to the Department of Animal Services, preserving shelter operations and preventing planned layoffs of 62 field positions, Interim General Manager Annette Ramirez told the panel.
Why it matters: The department warned that cuts would have forced shelter closures and reduced the mental‑health and enrichment programming for animals, which can affect animal behavior, adoption prospects and legal liability for bite incidents.
What the department said - Positions and offsets: Ramirez said Animal Services asks the committee to restore an additional five filled positions that were vacant…
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