Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday on Newsmax that Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom are ” He said he should resign due to “gross negligence.”
Monaka exterior Villanueva said on “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” that this devastating loss is directly related to policy decisions made under the current administration. The former sheriff said a contributing factor to the crisis was inadequate staffing levels among local law enforcement agencies.
“If you look at the hiring freeze in the summer of love in 2020, it decimated staffing levels for both the Sheriff’s Department and the LAPD. There are more sworn police officers lurking. So when you have to pull a body out of a patrol station to go to a fire scene, you’re basically taking money from Peter to pay Paul. And all of that comes from an ideology of rethinking public safety,” Villanueva said.
Villanueva then commented on the rumored impact of the wildfires on Newsom’s 2028 presidential aspirations. The former sheriff said more pragmatic and effective leadership is needed.
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“What we need is to put people in office to get the job done, not to impose an ideology, whether it’s from the left or the right. I don’t care. We need to govern from the center. , we need people who actually make things happen. And that’s what we desperately need here at the city level, at the county level, on the Board of Supervisors, and in the governor’s office at the state level,” Villanueva said. spoke. (Related: Victor Davis Hanson slams DEI hiring in California fire departments, ‘not muscle or experience’, just DEI)
Asked if he thought Bass and Newsom would resign, Villanueva didn’t hesitate.
“I think between the two of them, yes, they should resign. I think there is incompetence on your part. [that] “This amounts to gross negligence, and with 25 people dead, it could actually fall into the criminal realm as gross negligence leading to manslaughter,” Villanueva said.
wildfire vandalize The Los Angeles area has claimed at least 24 lives, displaced thousands and destroyed more than 12,000 buildings in what could be the costliest fire in U.S. history. There is. Basu was traveling to Africa for the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama when the fire broke out.
Fire Chief Christine Crowley previously told CNN that the city’s decision hindered the department’s ability to respond to large wildfires that caused significant damage. He also said recent budget cuts, including a $17 million cut, have significantly weakened the department’s firefighting capabilities.
“We need 62 more fire stations. These reports also show that overall call volume has increased by 55% since 2010. And guess what? We’re active,” Crowley said. “We were also directed to develop a plan as part of the budget cuts, which could amount to $48.8 million, and I believe these additional cuts will reduce our ability to provide public safety.” We rang the bell to warn you that this could be very devastating.”
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