Bass Demanded $49M in Additional LAFD Cuts One Week Before Wildfires: Report
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded an additional $49 million in cuts from the Los Angeles Fire Department just before wildfires started, according to a leaked memo.
- The cuts would have forced the closure of 16 fire stations, significantly impacting emergency response capabilities, as stated in the memo.
- The memo revealed that Bass had already cut $17 million from the department's budget earlier this cycle, affecting resources and personnel.
- The Los Angeles Fire Chief noted that these cuts severely limited the department's ability to respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.
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1 Day Before Fires Started, LA Mayor Tried Cutting $49 Million More from Fire Dept: Report
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass reportedly tried to cut nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles County Fire Department budget shortly before deadly wildfires broke out in the area. […] The post 1 Day Before Fires Started, LA Mayor Tried Cutting $49 Million More from Fire Dept: Report appeared first on The Western Journal.
NEW: LA Mayor Demanded Steep Fire Department Budget Cuts Just One Week Before Palisades Fire
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, was planning steep cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department budget just one week before the Pacific Palisades fire ignited on Tuesday morning. Los Angeles had already slashed its firefighting budget by roughly two percent before the planned cuts, which would have shuttered multiple fire stations and significantly hampered emergency response capabilities, multiple LAFD sources told the Daily Mail…
Los Angeles Mayor Demanded Fire Department Cut Nearly $50 Million From Budget Last Week
Just last week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded that the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget be cut by $49 million, resulting in at least one station per district. To say this woman has bad timing for nearly everything is an understatement.LA Mayor Karen Bass requested the Fire Dept slash nearly $49 million from their budgetLast year Gavin Newsom cut the Fire budget by $100 millionNow we find out a reservoir in Pacific Palisades was empty…


LEAKED MEMO: LA Mayor Forced Huge Budget Cut on Fire Dept Just Days Before Fire Outbreak.
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) disclosed it was struggling to implement a massive $48.8 million budget cut forced on it by the city’s Democrat mayor, Karen Bass, just days before catastrophic wildfires broke out earlier this week. A leaked January 6 department memo states the LAFD believed a worst-case budget scenario—meaning no relief from the mayor—would result in the closure of upward of 16 fire stations.On January 8, several major wi…
Leaked Memo Exposes LA Mayor Karen Bass - News Addicts
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded an additional $49 million in budget cuts to the already cash-strapped Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) just days before wildfires ravaged the city. This ill-timed decision, revealed in a leaked internal memo obtained by the Daily Mail, has sparked outrage among current and former fire officials who say the […] The post Leaked Memo Exposes LA Mayor Karen Bass appeared first on News Addicts.
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