California Fires: LA Mayor Karen Bass addresses LAFD budget cuts

[@TheOtherKine]

She shouldn't even show up any more. She should just get out of the way and resign, never to be seen again

[@wenettehamilton7585]

News like, look at trump, look at looters.

[@antlerman9516]

This is what LA residents voted for, now deal with it, you the people of LA did this not the mayor.

[@EljansLife]

Those fund supposed to be in the fighter goes to woke and gay people.

[@smauglord8117]

@@antlerman9516no we didn’t

[@ramjohnston3370]

​@@antlerman9516 so that's the same respond people from north Carolina and Florida should get after the storms right ?

[@brennanworthy6043]

How about slashing Karen Bass's pay? Overpaid, useless idiots who were hired for racist reasons.

[@freidahaley2275]

AMEN!!!! Before kicking her out!!!!

[@timh5168]

She wasn't hired, she was elected. People in LA voted for this.

[@ThisisKyle]

​@@timh5168electing someone to run a government position is the same as them being hired

[@BlackKettleRanch]

She was voted in. The citizens have done this to themselves because they're arrogant, and they don't learn.

[@hrodriguez112]

She's not as good as Trump on deflecting questions. Maybe she should of used a sharpie to redraw the path of the fires.

[@PositiveWordMeditation]

Bass and Newsome need to resign

[@danielcarlson800]

My dream come true.

[@ouslander1]

Resign? So they can still obtain a Pension and Severance pay and the Taxpayers can fund their Retirement? How about Firing and charging them with Dereliction of Duty and the countless other charges they are GUILTY of!!!

[@danielcarlson800]

@@ouslander1 Someone will cry racism!!!!!!!

[@o.astamp5680]

They wont, and the majority of Californians will continue to vote for progressives...even over moderate candidates. They shouldn't give em anything federal, they should be forced to use their own GDP and tax payer dollars in a more efficient way....instead of on all the bullcrap

[@Xabier2.0]

They won’t resign nor will they be held responsible.

[@bw988]

How about cutting your pay instead of fire fighters budget. Gaslighting on display

[@pambp5978]

Fire fighting should not be cut, saying this though it has been done by all types.. Alberta Canada had one of its worst fire seasons this summer the politicians there who cut the $$$ are conservative.

[@JackDuripper]

There's a lot of gas lighting in LA rn

[@frankmacleod2565]

she makes $232K a year, not 17 million

[@austindrake4697]

@@pambp5978 should maybe educate urself more on what was cut.. they got the repel attack program.. where fire fighters repel from helicopters into hot spots... it was wasted money. Liberals ended back burning around when Trudeau entered first term, after nearly a decade of no back burning... once it started burning there was no stopping it.. seems cons reduced spending but libs caused it.

[@TeriThomas-nm7mv]

That B gaslit me for Two years

[@andrewh7599]

She's disappointing and disgusting at the same time.

[@subg8858]

If you knew anything about Maoism, you would never be disappointed by a maoist, anymore than a cowboy would be disappointed in the behavior of a rattlesnake. Give your head a shake

[@gregj831]

That woman is sociopathic

[@QuanPookie]

Why disgusting?

[@maclion3714]

It's been reported that the department was already 90 mil over the budget. So you and the conservative media are sick and disgusting.

[@MikeHunt-no2kt]

She is everything I'd expect out of a Marxist.

[@KB-ke3fi]

FIRE HER

[@KitGoldenlance-x7w]

Literally

[@benpinder889]

Firing squad?

[@neoncat9573]

​@@benpinder889 That's what I've been thinking!

[@FreeReal0876]

no keep her shes great ( im an idiot)

[@TheUnknown-mg8fv]

Makes sense “fire”

[@jeffreyflowers5203]

Bass is a joke.

[@reza_dc2]

she's a monster , fucking disgusting.

[@shivama6679]

Rick Caruso would've been a massive joke. Bass is doing great.

[@Sbxallday]

​@@shivama6679Doing great at what exactly?

[@wwbuirkle]

@@shivama6679 LMFAO

[@wwbuirkle]

And a liar

[@susanhess8396]

Bass and Newsom need to be held accountable for their crime of mismanagement and misspending tax dollars. This will cause companies to raise premiums across the country, not just California. Bass and Newsom horrific decisions will cost every insurance holder across the country.

[@AxelFreeDog-ob9fg]

Absolutely and now is the time to truly understand exactly what effect diversity hires have had on the countries. Fast tracking people into public face roles and they 💩 right back everytime dont they 😅 They wont have rested until usa uk Germany is exactly the same as south africa. We did this before. We built a thriving economy. World power. Then we gave it to people who only know how to use it for their own gain only. Desert mansions with 3000 gallon pools. Army gaurds for him. Nothing for the tax payer. They see that there and think they can do it to us now. Amazon and meta reversed it their money taking hits too far. Or mayb they're just not the people they tried to pretend to be. Ide argue suckabird and benzos don't even care about their own family tho never mind their neighbors. Thats the other springle spaniel in our evolution in the west. We have somehow became 3rd realm in how we act with each other. Diversity neighbors dragging down the areas. 14yr olds running around like tupac and biggie. Thats our countries now its sickening. Lets be warm and welcome lets help them be like us. 😢 Or lets just act like them cos 💩 work

[@pauljayvlogs489]

The fact she couldn’t let him finish his question… how did 17 million dollars not have an effect on staffing.

[@shanedaley6236]

They also fired people for not taking the vaccine

[@sugarshaker9162]

She lies if her mouth is open she is lying

[@PERIDOTPIMP]

And how are you in "tough budgetary times" yet more than willing to drop $126,000,000 dollars into the police force?

[@artphotognh]

Actually, since the LAFD wasted $1 BILLION on DEI initiatives in the last year, cutting $17 million is pretty much nothing in comparison.

[@tomala118]

@@PERIDOTPIMP okay lets not put down the police force while supporting the fire fighters. both are important and both are understaff

[@chris_panda]

Newsom and Bass RESIGN NOW!!!

[@Linda-z9s]

BASS AND NEWSOME NEED TO RESIGN, THEY DON"T EVEN QUALIFY TO BE WALMART GREETERS!!!!!

[@danielcarlson800]

@@Linda-z9s 🎯

[@stopngo1019]

😅😂🤣...lol...👍

[@TrumpSuperman]

Women can't lead

[@HannahWolfburg-i4y]

Leave them Walmart greeters alone

[@Supras111]

FEMA: $800 per household, EXACTLY the same as they gave Hawaii, Florida & the Carolina's.

[@janyurechko7945]

Not one dime more!

[@timh5168]

It was $750 actually

[@DamonMason-c6v]

And only if they don’t find any burned up Trump signs in the rubble 😂😂😂

[@ttfahd]

and just a tent....in the winter time

[@ttfahd]

@@timh5168 yup....2 weeks of groceries.....But I lost my home.....wheres the food going?

[@diegoflores9237]

Not only that, they sent firefighting equipment to ukraine too

[@longlivefreedom9853]

Yeh ok Russian Bot

[@brycenhubbard6224]

Yea except california did in fact do that.​ It took one google search, that was it.@@longlivefreedom9853

[@RoscoesRiffs]

The comment came from an 11-year KZbin member. I think you're calling a real person a bot. It's really not hard to check. ​@@longlivefreedom9853

[@ThirdEchelon111]

​@@longlivefreedom9853 That's a perfectly truthful statement. In 2022, the city of Los Angeles sent extra firefighting equipment to Ukraine, to help their first responders out from all the fires they were experiencing from their war with Russia. How is someone passing along that information, a bot program that somehow benefits Russia? Idiot.

[@tomsmith476]

Extra equipment fire trucks hoses etc to Ukraine are the ukrainians going to come out and help us

[@audreytakaki5369]

Shame on her! She needs to resign and step down!

[@SFClark]

All of the Hollywood celebrities' need to call for both Newsom and Bass to resign.

[@stephenpaul6118]

Unfortunately, many celebrities are probably friends with them.

[@vel230]

Hollywood will never turn on its own people.

[@joshlamb4271]

Yeah they should put their money where their mouths is

[@BlackKettleRanch]

That would make them look wrong when they promoted the left wing agenda all along.

[@AvidiaNirvana]

Nah, the cult is terminal.

[@vpej8508]

We dont have enough firefighters and equipment. But cutting the budget by 17 million and sending fire equipment to Ukraine had no impact on the fire departments ability to fight the fires. Sure

[@shanedaley6236]

And while her friends get money from the budget for projects that benefit her or them but they cut things that matter

[@sugarshaker9162]

Right and we actually have to rent our firefighting planes from Canada

[@badnotgood]

@@sugarshaker9162 canada? the country that trump threaten recently? that's sad...

[@lemurdreamur9257]

​@sugarshaker9162 hopefully, the incoming president's economic war doesn't put an end to that as an option... Canadian want to help and support America, but the recent comments from the up coming president has many legitimately worried about being invaded by the USA in the future. WTF is going on :( I know our current leader ruined our country but we will get back on track and be strong loyal neighbors again soon. We are supposed to be here to help you guys in these kind of times.

[@artphotognh]

Also, I'm sure the LAFD wasting $1 BILLION on DEI initiatives in the last year certainly didn't have any adverse effects on their ability to fight fires!

[@ITSFULLOFSTARS1]

Mayor Karen Bass made history by becoming the first black woman to remain silent in public.

[@smauglord8117]

that’s a surprise 😂😂😂

[@blackrhino3442]

That’s for sure

[@ColeWheeler4Lyfe]

😂

[@gregj831]

LOL

[@BabaYaga-yh3yi]

That’s a good one 😂😂😂

[@anthonyvenney389]

If this mayor can't handle these fires then how could she handle a major earthquake with major loss of life to her residents. Absolutely pathetic.😔

[@kurokaizen1889]

She was recently elected you doughnut

[@BlackKettleRanch]

Newsom's estimated net worth is $30 million. His attitude is, "Let them eat cake."

[@rockingG56]

Tuff budgetary times but just enough money to go to Africa on a taxpayer funded visit.

[@drunkenastarte5243]

...don't forget the public libraries enjoying a $14mil boost to their budget!

[@AlexisGeller-qc6sx]

And FREE money to ILLEGAL INVADERS

[@turdfurg1517]

Dems want readers not leaders

[@eromnaliuqyaj6288]

They won't be much use now!

[@DonLewis86753]

Every one of those liberal woman are very hard to look at!

[@smauglord8117]

😂😂😂

[@santaclause2875]

Liberals, in general, are not the prettiest people to look at. Never have been, never will be.

[@briec579]

She is a typical angry, lesbian minority. I say this as a female. Disgusting and looks unwashed and likely smelly.

[@maryjaneshoe-fm4yr]

Your profile pic isn't so hot.

[@DeuCyJUIcY22]

@@maryjaneshoe-fm4yrit’s ok we all know you’re a disgusting mess with purple hair

[@Margrace-i8n]

How can CA have money problems when they're the 5th largest economy in the world...?

[@BeKicky14]

Illegals.

[@TheSquiggleySpooch]

Because bass and all the officials are lining pockets. They literally can’t account for billions spent on the homeless crisis.

[@Spoon101]

Welfare and liberal progressive ideologies...

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

they don't have money problems. They just squander the money they have on the most corndog dumb projects. In 2022 Ca. had a staggering 97.5 billiion surplus. Thankfully it was spent on social programs. You know ' spent $30 billion of our tax dollars on housing affordability proposals, but California still has the most unaffordable housing market in the country. Tens of billions have been spent on homelessness but California has the nation’s highest number of homeless.”

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

They spend it as fast as it comes in.

[@Daximillion-t2d]

Karen Bass resign! Newsome resign! Hold them accountable for this California!

[@Libertas988]

In 2014, voters handed California $2.7 billion under Prop 1 to secure the state’s water future with new storage projects. 10 years later, not a single reservoir is complete.

[@drunkenastarte5243]

After the devastating 2018 wildfires in SoCal, President Trump pushed for & got a bi-partisan bill passed through Congress that gave massive funding to build a new state-of-the-art system of aqueducts that would have trapped rain water & excess snowmelt from the north, and funneled it into new reservoirs in the much dryer south. Newscum threw a tantrum and shut the whole project down, because "Orange Man Bad!" and "MuH cLiMaTe ChAnGe!"

[@shanedaley6236]

And some of them are getting into or are in need of major repairs and rebuilding

[@calypso2niner]

Calling BS on this fraud.

[@SFClark]

Knowing there were catastrophic winds coming, I would have ordered additional crews to be on duty. To go a step further, I would have strategically placed them through out the fire prone areas of the county. Mayor Bass, a typical democrat, who just offers more excuses.

[@shanedaley6236]

I call bs on the wind issue when the president made a detour from visiting his grand daughter during her pregnancy to meet with the governor

[@turdfurg1517]

Do think she gives two ffs much less understands weather and fire hazards her consciousness is limited to her wardrobe or some other selfish narcissistic thing

[@bw988]

Very sad. She couldn't care less

[@danielcarlson800]

@@bw988 That's why she went to Ghana!!!!!

[@Billyboboglarry]

Some people only want the perks of being the chief executive… it’s very clear that bass is one of them. Newsom is just an ideologue to a failed party but bass was perfectly happy with staying la mayor for as many terms as she could get thinking because she’s the ultimate DEI hire that she could coast through it.

[@Sbxallday]

She should do the right thing and resign.

[@tofargone16]

sounded like a kammali word salad.

[@GregoryCunningham]

What’s a Kammali? Is that how someone with a 3rd grade reading level spells Kamala?

[@RandyBoBandy.]

Ask about her deputy getting a $750,000 PER YEAR salary!!! A 300% increase over the former deputy mayor. All you voted for this.

[@allensprouse2984]

I’m tired of jobs that are given to minorities and women, and not given to men and women who are capable of doing their jobs without reverse discrimination!

[@Taurusmoon75]

🙄

[@شايمهيل-د2ط]

I’m a minority, highly educated and hard working and can’t find job anywhere!

[@allensprouse2984]

@ I feel badly for you, I’m not against minorities or women, but when jobs are given out because of sex and skin color; I don’t believe that we’re getting the most qualified people!

[@janyurechko7945]

​@allensprouse2984 funny you mention skin color. I see all theses AA in key leadership positions that have most all gone quickly to corruption. Not looking good.

[@Taurusmoon75]

@@allensprouse2984 And you are? Go apply or stfu

[@pingcharlton4824]

Get their money out and sent them to the jails😈😈😈

[@kevint5391]

What a total disaster, the mayor of LA and the head of the fire department are totally 100% . responsible for one of the worst disasters in US history

[@Chuck-js8dy]

Bass and Newsome both need to resign

[@jeniferschipper6725]

She should be fired immediately!! Shame on you Karen Bass

[@amrit5516]

All the tax dollars ppl pay and they say that they have a tight budget? Really? You couldn’t allocate funding into important emergency services like the fire departments???

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Those DEI departments really eat into a budget.

[@freddiecarr7602]

She knows that next week things will be ok---------DEI

[@wenettehamilton7585]

Dont accept that BS

[@eddieg6436]

She is a JOKE!!! Get her OUT!!! Install Rick Caruso who will MANAGE things properly. (Does common sense even exist anymore?!?).

[@steverivera8968]

Both are a joke

[@ITSFULLOFSTARS1]

@@steverivera8968 Found the Bass voter.

[@ITSFULLOFSTARS1]

@@steverivera8968 only you Steve. Only you.

[@1234itbeme]

1st Slash the money for the firefighters. 2nd Send the firefighters equipment to Ukraine.

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

"Forget" to refill the reservoirs in a timely manner.

[@le832]

This has nothing to do with “Ukraine” FFS!

[@freidahaley2275]

Same bunch of idiots!!!

[@ThisisKyle]

​@@le832you're right this doesn't have to do with Ukraine he is pointing out that our mayor sent firefighting equipment to Ukraine rather than keeping it in our state. So he is not making a point about you crying he is making a point about how our government keeps making objectively stupid decisions

[@1234itbeme]

@le832 Let's send all of our money 💰 to help everyone else but the citizens of the United States. That sounds like a great idea.

[@TheDankFarmer]

Didn't Earn It

[@blue.5058]

Bass needs to announce her resignation form office and publicly apologize to the taxpayers for her extreme ineptitude. Her job is to tend to the city’s business- not to attend press junkets in Africa.

[@chookgoo77]

Bass is the one who's confused not reporters or citizens.

[@WilsonS]

This is LA county, where people think it’s smart to vote in candidates whose sole focus is projects for the homeless, instead of prioritizing home owners.

[@tommyd2692]

Come on...Dont forget its a woman and BLACK...Their privileged right?

[@davelassiter392]

For individuals like the LA fire chief, budget cuts become a strategy to remove those who do not align with her extreme DEI agenda. Once her budget is restored, she hires individuals who fit her criteria. Californians put her in charge, and they must bear the consequences of that decision. Whether it’s poor vegetation management, inadequate preparedness, or questionable hiring practices, the rest of America should not be expected to shoulder the costs of such mismanagement and corruption.

[@FusionHowie]

BlackRock is about to go on a shopping spree for real estate !!

[@SirJordanLore]

bingo. alot of these fires are happening where the 2028 Olympics facilities are going and a proposed "smart" city is planned to go. Kinda similar to what happened in Hawaii.

[@ndeeeed]

What we really need is a recall, recall, recall!

[@TuxBearlux]

excuses ...excuses ...

[@sarahpowers6246]

Thank goodness she was in Ghana and they gave all that equipment to Ukraine.

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Ghana...some president that she was there to see inaugurated. Not sure why a stupid mayor was on a federal diplomatic trip, on taxpayers money, no less.

[@josepha.levesque806]

The news headline should be DEI hires unable to do Their job putting properties and citizens in harms way, Hawaii 2.0 same story different location!

[@silvershadow15]

You adding DEI makes you part of the problem with this country “divide and conquer”, keep playing little pawn

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

1:26 BULL!

[@doktorzhigonzo9165]

I see no remorse or accountability here

[@CAMOMASKAUDITS-tx2iw]

There's a reason why every single person behind her is looking at her with absolute disgust. Radiating incompetence. "If you-if you look back, you'll see that I was actually right, if you look back." What an absolute moron. No person should ever have to look at her and think her as a leader in any capacity, even in retail.

[@jeneanramos56]

So trying to cover up her mess up

[@stevendavis5855]

Wow these people can really gaslight people

[@aqakas]

She needs to resign immediately.

[@shacknastyray4429]

Ol George Clooney needs to write an op ed for Bass and Newsome to step down......

[@bjkarana]

Might want to took into how much money LA has spent on DEI programs and other such "necessities" instead of the LAFD, LAPD and other first response departments.

[@drunkenastarte5243]

...and in the case of the LAFD, their DEI "fire chief" has wasted how much of that under funding $$$ on implementing 3yr long DEI training programs being forced on all members? AND THEN... goes on about how there's "no set target to hit" on "inclusivity initiatives" of women + minorities + LGB-whatevers, because the LAFD has been historically, "far too male & far too white" >.

[@artphotognh]

At least $1 BILLION last year, but probably twice that.

[@matthewturley1152]

Reminds me of the mayor of New Orleans

[@GenXamerica]

She says “unprecedented” wind storm but many just say “these are the Santa Ana winds”. So which is it? Many interviewed have said they have never seen winds like this. Maui had crazy high wind out of nowhere with hurricanes 600 miles away. NOAA put out odd warnings on Monday about fire danger winds. This does not add up.

[@DonLewis86753]

Distraction tactics!! 11 days before inauguration. Something is rotten in Denmark!!

[@spacecat7247]

Or maybe it does? Just in the wrong way. In a bad way.

[@SharCreatingVibes]

She should be fired. She doesn't know how to talk to the people who are facing such deadly situation. She is a failure. She was more focused on making sanctuary city rather than preparing for the unthinkable.

[@sugarshaker9162]

She should have worried about saving lives when she was doing the budget not worried about her own agenda taking our money to Africa

[@DamonMason-c6v]

She seems as smart as the voters who elected her 🙄

[@italia3691]

Karen Bass just another DEI disaster!!!!

[@sfletch3042]

Do you know what elected means?

[@silvershadow15]

Keep playing little pawn “divid and conquer “

[@oldschoolvida2185]

Who paid for her trip to Africa? Were tax dollars used? Why was she not present during this devastation? Why were budgets cut to fight fires? Why is there no water in the hydrants? So many failures and abuse of power. Hold her accountable like she holds the police accountable. STEP DOWN!

[@SharCreatingVibes]

Just imagine. If there would be 7.5 or stronger earthquake. These people are not ready for any disaster.

[@SW20FL]

Karen Bass is gonna go down in history as cutting fire department budget right before the city's biggest fire ever.

[@AharonTzvi]

Highest taxes in the country but she blames the budget.🙄🙄

[@abhishekdighe5600]

1:55 sentence, I felt like kamala was speaking. Words like-If you look back, last few days, unprecedented…. And cutting off the journalists with misguiding answer, almost denying the allegations.

[@PokaLips]

71 years old.

[@slick5077]

Investigate Janisse Quniones. Shes L.A 's water chief. She knew about the empty reservoir. But allocated taxpayer money to what she considers under privileged neighborhoods. They took money and did the wrong thing with it

[@Diane07760]

audit that person and dept.

[@patrast4464]

So mush trust in the hands of few jokers and woke DEI clowns

[@striker44]

What is this mayor's salary? Cut her salary and get her to work instead pf partying in ghana. She is non-essential compared to firefighter and police.

[@Blak-h1z]

Dei strikes again

[@subg8858]

Except she was elected. More like dipshits voting for maoists strike again

[@silvershadow15]

I think you mean greed stop being racist little pawn

[@UNRENDERED_]

karen doesn’t care it is every man for themselves

[@sheeptards097]

Affirmative action politicians

[@aof13]

You get what you voted for and keep voting for.

[@Anthony-fr2if]

Well, I was there and I saw what you did I saw it with my own two eyes So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been It's all been a pack of lies

[@tomdonahue4224]

California you are being humbled by a Higher Power for your mocking and arrogance of the rest of the American People.

[@TruthCademy]

Y’all voted for this ? 😂😂

[@786otto]

Yes they did😂😂😂

[@mdoy5667]

​@786otto they. Migrants vote for welfare and dems give money to get their votes. It's over Johnny, No Mas. Trump will make the world great for you and me.

[@AsInLifeSoInMusic]

Fun fact LA County GDP 700b Ghana ? 70b Bravo bass, I hear the last nail

[@khc2165]

"I blame it on the unprecedented windstorm",..........at least she didn't blame it on Trump!,.......of course,...the day's still young!

[@ryanobrien2383]

you can see the fire chief fuming as she says the budget cut was valid lmao

[@longlivefreedom9853]

Is she trying to talk her way out of it ?....... See how they are trying to deflect by using Looters as a deflect tactic

[@michaelgriffith4110]

She will have to resign after this is all done. She knows she will not survive this

[@MrBubyV]

That mayor dude talks too much about wind they haven’t seen in years. What does he mean????

[@HighPriestessKathie]

People just want to blame someone. She didn't make that decision alone to cut the firefighter budget. She has people behind her who pushed the decision. She is just taking the blame now. If I were her. I would resign be done with it and move on with my life. There is no way that she knew any of this was going to happen.

[@30aught68]

America is getting a lesson on why dei doesnt work

[@jude999]

In Africa. Really?? What the hell are people thinking? As California goes, so goes the country.

[@OpenSesame858]

People in N Carolina lost homes. They got a whopping $750. Biden just promised to pay 100% of the rebuilding costs for California..... let that sink in.

[@johnhenryruminski8662]

SAME OLD WORDS AGAIN !!!! Love John !!!!

[@johhanwindsalor9478]

Maybe California needs to ask Zelinsky for some "HuMaNiTaRiAn AiD!!!"

[@Lauraphipps5555]

What about having no water in the fire hydrants?

[@GEEZUZ22]

The irony of getting a parking ticket parked next to a empty fire hydrant

[@Trey2025]

Stop with the BS Karen. The entire world is watching and has witnessed the incompetence!

[@chorlauheung4920]

She's a small fish when it comes to handling a crisis!

[@lancepage4840]

The budget cuts made no difference !!!!!! She believes the public is as stupid and ignorant as her

[@leonardodakimchi]

Accountability is their kryptonite. The wind! Climate change! Reeeeeee Trump!

[@davids6898]

Local news need to come down hard on our politicians. Stop trying to make our idiot leaders look like saints.

[@silvershadow15]

“Divide and conquer” of course they won’t who do you think owns them?