Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass returned to Sacramento Wednesday to lobby state leaders for money to help close the city's nearly $1-billion budget hole. This is Bass' second visit to the state Capitol in as many months — a homecoming of sorts for a former Assembly speaker who helped navigate the state's 2009 budget crisis.

The city is facing fiscal concerns due a 35% reduction in tax revenue, overspending, an increase in liability payouts, and costs related to wildfire recovery.

Mayor Karen Bass' budget proposal would lay off 62 employees at LA Animal Services and cut $6.4 million from the troubled department.