L.A. Times sues city over Mayor Bass’ deleted text messages
The Los Angeles Times filed a lawsuit against the city of LA on Thursday, accusing officials of illegally withholding and deleting the mayor’s text messages and other public records from the January fire. The city has already taken over many of the exchanges between Mayor Karen Bass and other officials that the Times Reporter is […]
Mayor Karen Bass’ supporters go on offensive, targeting billionaires
For more than two months, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has faced critical criticism for handling the Palisade fire. Her absence when she erupted, when she returned, she faces her wobble public appearance even when she didn’t save her text message. Recently, Probus Army has been supporting a campaign bankroll that reminds her of her, […]
Fewer than 20% of L.A. residents give Bass’ fire response high marks
A few weeks after the fire destroyed the area, many Angelenos were unhappy with Mayor Karen Bass’ leadership, a new poll has found. A new survey co-organized by The Times found that just about 40% of registered voters in the city thought Bass was doing poor or very poor work in dealing with fires, while […]
Mayor Karen Bass’ deleted text messages raise eyebrows and questions
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Was Bass incommunicado while returning from Ghana? Or is her office withholding texts?
When the flames erupted in Palisades in the Pacific Ocean on January 7th, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 miles away on a diplomatic mission to Africa. Base returned home shortly thereafter, transporting almost 24 hours a day as the fire destroyed Pallisard and surrounding communities. She and her office say she […]
Palisades water cleared for drinking after wildfire as Bass touts speed of fire recovery
Pacific Palisade residents and businesses will be able to use water safely this week, Mayor Karenbus announced Thursday, touting the milestone as a sign of speedy efforts to rebuild the devastated neighborhood. The “Don’t Drink” notification will be lifted on Friday, the two-month anniversary of the fatal Palisade fire after LA Water and Power engineers […]
Aides to Karen Bass received weather warnings before she flew to Ghana
The day before Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass departed for Ghana, her aide received an email from the city’s emergency management department warning them of “high confidence in the rise in wind and fire conditions that will occur next week.” Nevertheless, the mayor went on a trip and attended the inauguration of the Ghanaian president […]
Critics of Mayor Karen Bass form committee to raise money for recall bid
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has set up a fundraiser to pursue a recall campaign against her, according to documents filed with the city’s ethics committee on Monday. The documents were originally submitted to the state last week. The filing comes close to two months after Wildfire destroyed the belt in LA’s Pacific Palisades district, […]
Mayor Bass pins blame for Palisades blaze on fire chief, dismisses her
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Column: Bass fires the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over
Well, you could see it coming. After the Pacific Palisades were torched while the reservoir was empty and the hydrant was dry, the fire chief didn’t wait for his body count before denounced the mayor for lack of funds at the Los Angeles Fire Department. And now the mayor has stumbled through the worst two […]
