LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday 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, an outcome resulting from months of negotiations with labor unions.

Union and city leaders were all smiles when Bass made it official by signing the document.

"I remember in April when I gave my state of the city speech, and unfortunately had to announce the state of the economy in the city at that time in April of this year was going to result in the potential layoffs of 1,600 city workers," Bass said. "Well, I am here today to tell you that this has been completely everted."

In April, the mayor had proposed more than 1,600 layoffs as part of an effort to eliminate a nearly $1 bi

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