Corruption is ingrained in Los Angeles,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit public interest group.

Mr. Wonderful isn’t holding back his scrutiny of California’s governor and L.A. mayor amid discussion on tying wildfire aid to the debt limit.

The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, declared on X that “the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M.” The right-wing social media account Libs of TikTok lambasted a political leadership team that “defunds the fire dept,” and Elon Musk boosted a post that lamented “LAFD underfunding.”

Lauren Andrade, president of Equity on Fire, predicts efforts to diversify fire departments will face an uphill climb in this political climate.

Prior to the wildfire crisis, both President Biden and former President Obama considered Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass one of the party's rising stars.

We have the same number of firefighters and fire stations in LA in 2025 that we did in 1960. How insane is that?” said Councilwoman Traci Park.

Show' host unloaded on conservatives seeking to take advantage of the wildfire disaster, while adding about L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: "I'm not saying she's Churchill."

California GOP Assemblyman Bill Essayli on Thursday called on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to step down from her position as the wildfires continue to rage around the city, causing homes to burn and thousands to flee.

LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass may have been born and raised in Los ... her suffer in a situation like that,” said California GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who served with her in both Sacramento and ...

As government moves to recovery mode in the wake of the devastating fires, the anniversary of one of L.A.’s worst disasters passes this week — and possibly useful lessons may echo.

Critics also accuse Bass of slashing the Los Angeles Fire Department’s share of the city budget by $23 million, a cut that supposedly caused fire hydrants to run dry and starved brave firefighters of the resources they needed to battle the once-in-a-generation fire.

There’s usually a warning. Before Hurricane Katrina, multiple reports cautioned that New Orleans risked massive flooding. Prior to the 9-11