Los Angeles area residents criticized Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday, calling the city’s response to the devastating wildfires “inadequate and disappointing.”

Wildfires have ravaged multiple jurisdictions in the Los Angeles area, killing at least five people and destroying hundreds of buildings. Rachel Darvish told “Wake Up America” ​​co-host Sharla McBride that she never received an “evacuation notice.” (Related article: ‘Did you know?’: Democrats’ demeanor unravels after Scott Jennings asks simple question)

“I didn’t vote for Karen Bass. I didn’t vote for her. It has nothing to do with what I did or what anyone did,” Darvish said. . “What’s important right now is that I was at home, just quietly working, and I turned around, got a notification, walked out of the house, and saw that flame that you saw now on the screen. What’s the bad news for me?’ I was unlucky with a very poor response time and suffered huge losses that could have been avoided. That’s the unfortunate thing. Another sad thing is that I’m a native speaker. I was born and raised in the Pacific Palisades. Back to the topic, I don’t know if that’s possible. ”

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“We have leaders who have to take responsibility for what happened. Responsibility starts and stops with the mayor. That’s something we all know. It’s there — around that. Nothing,” Darvish said. “So I was disappointed to see Mayor Karen Bass ignore my request to acknowledge what she did. That’s also disappointing.”

“I could go on and on. Fire hydrants, why was there no water in the hydrants? When I left the house around 11:30, there was no evacuation order,” Darvish continued.

Los Angeles officials are under fire over the LAFD’s “racial equity plan” under Director Christine Crowley. biography touts her as the “first female LGBTQ fire chief” in the agency’s history.

“I didn’t see any fire trucks. I didn’t receive any notice from Karen Bass’s office to leave,” Darvish said. “I went because I saw it. I saw what you’re seeing on the screen right now. And I couldn’t let my family suffer because of a bad decision. So I I had to make the decision to jump out of there.”

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