Karen Bass: An Outrage for the Mayor of Los Angeles for Managing the Fire of Lailapa · Global Voices

In the midst of the grim state that prevails in , which has turned into a skull place while the killing rages , city mayor Karen Bass receives fire for its inefficiency. Fires raging in Los Angeles since last Tuesday (07.01.2025) when they broke out and have left behind at least eleven dead, cause the outrage of public opinion and not only. CORVERSE The head of the Los Angeles fire department, she threw her “bells” at the mayor of the town of Karen Bass, that she “failed” fire crews and communities destroyed by the ongoing fires. Kirstin Crowley targeted the city’s leadership during an interview she granted yesterday (10.01,2025) to KTTV, admitting that it disappointed those affected by the fires and prevented the Los Angeles Fire Service from doing its job effectively. “We shout that we need to be properly funded to ensure that our firefighters can do their job so that we can serve the community,” Crowley said, adding that there were “several gaps” in the firemen’s ability to deal with fires on the ground. CORVERSE Bass, tried to counter the budget cut account, saying the department’s spending increased during this year. She said that funding for firefighting increases was part of her budget from the beginning – but was included in an account separate from the fire department’s budget. “The money was allocated to be distributed later, which actually went to support the salaries and other departments of the fire department,” Bass told reporters in an update Thursday. The officer’s angry voice, joins those of many celebrities who have succeeded against the city’s manipulations over the ongoing fires. Among them is reality star, Khloe Kardashian, who rallied around Crowley to share her angry reaction to the mayor’s decision to cut about $17.5 million from the fire department budget for the current financial year. During an interview he granted Gigi Graciette, Crowley said that the mayor’s budget cuts for LAFD affected the fight against fires across Southern California, adding that the section “is not properly funded”. Reacting to her statement on Instagram, Khloe said she “stands by the fire chief” before calling Mayor Bass “a joke”. The journey of rage The cherry on the cake of rage entered when Karen Bass left the city on the day the fire broke out – she was in Africa in order to attend the inauguration of the president of Ghana – while the residents of Los Angeles were invited to evacuate the city with a warning until Friday – indifference to the fiery lailapa that burns its city. On her return, he was “tied” at the airport by Sky News journalist David Blevins where he refused to answer his questions. “The fire chiefs say they have really reached their limits and run out of water, what do you say to that? You have no answer to that? Do you have to apologize to your citizens who were absent while their homes were burning? You regret the millions of dollars cuts in the fire department, Madam Mayor? Do you have nothing to say today?” the journalist asks her to “collect” her silence. “Mrs. Mayor, do you have absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are facing this disaster? Any apologies for them? Do you think you should have visited Ghana while this was unfolding in your city?” David Blevins insists. ‘Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were building? Do you regret cutting the fire department’s budget? questions the mayor of LA, Karen Bass, as she faces backlash regarding the California wildfires. — Sky News (@SkyNews) Collect signatures to drive her away More than 50,000 outraged Los Angeles residents , are calling by resolution for the removal of the mayor, who comes from the Democratic Party, stifling the “absolute mismanagement” in the devastating fires that afflict the city. “We urgently ask for [Bass]’ immediate recall due to its blatant mismanagement and failure to respond effectively to the 2025 devastating fires in the city and around it,” says the Change.org resolution created Wednesday and had garnered 56,000 signatures by Saturday morning. “Families have been displaced, homes have been destroyed, and livelihoods have been destroyed – but Mayor Bass was absent from the front line, choosing to travel abroad, while her voters suffer,” is quoted in the resolution, by which it is claimed “a full, transparent investigation into failures in disaster preparedness, tackling and distributing the resources left by [Los Angeles] vulnerable”.