Was the LAFD budget cut? The budget increased, but debate rages over cuts to some positions
Critics on social media have alleged that Mayor Karen Bass cut the city fire department’s budget by $23 million this year.
‘Doomsday scenario:’ Debate over LA's fitness to host 2028 Olympics widens amid wildfires
Debate over whether Los Angeles will have the ability to host the 2028 Olympics has deepened amid the deadly wildfires that ...
Politico4d
‘There’s just a pile-on’: How Karen Bass lost control of the wildfire narrative
LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass may have been born and raised in Los ... [but] the system over a couple of decades.” But the budget debate culminated in an extraordinary public rift with city fire ...
Disturbing LA case of homeless man with blowtorch sparks fresh debate over city’s out-of-control vagrant crisis
Blazes caused by the throngs of homeless flooding Los Angeles’ streets with potentially deadly encampments doubled between ...
The Washington Post9d
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass faces political crisis over trip, budgets amid fires
LOS ANGELES — Amid a California populace already restive and frustrated with its Democratic leaders, Mayor Karen Bass now faces two ... her own are central to the debate over how to assess ...
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Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley support Karen Bass
Amidst Los Angeles’ ongoing wildfire crisis, actresses Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley have stepped forward to address criticisms aimed at Mayor Karen Bass’s leadership. Their defense ...