In the aftermath of the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, the city is requesting more money from the state and promising to punish residents for not cleaning up fast enough.

Los Angeles had already been wrestling with budget problems before the fires, though Democratic Mayor Karen Bass found enough money to throw $316 million toward unionized city employees for raises even as she cut the fire department’s budget. The city is facing a near $1 billion budget shortfall, with “thousands” of “nearly inevitable” layoffs now on the horizon.

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