The city of Los Angeles has cut funding to the fire department and allocated thousands of dollars to a variety of progressive programs, including the Midnight Stroll Transgender Café and the Gay Men's Choir.
A fire broke out in Southern California on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes in Los Angeles County, but strong winds only added to the destruction. Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has been accused of cutting the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD)'s 2024-2025 budget by $17.6 million, FOX 11 reported. reportedquoted Los Angeles City Commissioner Kenneth Mejia.
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Bass insisted at a press conference that the cuts “did not impact the situation that we were dealing with over the past few days.” He added that the city is “going through tough financial times.” (Related: Ultimate troll job or genuine opinion: Random man's questions about Los Angeles fires baffle local reporter)
The City of Los Angeles announced that it has allocated $100,000 to the Office of Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Equity for the Midnight Walk Transgender Café. Budget 2024-2025. The purpose of the funding is to “support safe havens for unsheltered transgender people in Hollywood,” the document states.
Similarly, the Department of Culture's special appropriations budget allocated $100,000 for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) awards.
The budget also includes $8,670 for One Institute the International Gay and Lesbian Archives.
of ONE Archive The University of Southern California (USC) Library currently has an exhibit titled “Science Fiction, Magic, and Queer LA: Sexology and the State of the Imagination,” which focuses on the occult and the “LGBTQ movement.”
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The budget also allocated $13,000 for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Heritage Month Program and $14,010 for the Los Angeles Gay Men's Choir.
Los Angeles' African American History Month, Native American Heritage Month, Latino History Month, and Asian American History Month programs were each allocated $13,000. (Related: LA water and power officials raking in big salaries as fire hydrants run dry)
The budget also allocated a total of $170,000 for “social justice artist investments.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department's strategic plan lists “DEI” and “progressive work environments” as two of its top three priorities, with “technological innovation” and “disaster prevention” ranking last. We consider this to be more important than “recovery ability.” pic.twitter.com/6b6SdPUePC
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LAFD accused of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and its 2023-2026 strategic planning DEI is one of its “key goals,” he said. said priority Christine F. Crowley, the city's first LGBTQ and female fire chief, is “promoting a culture of values.” [DEI]”
The Daily Caller reached out to the Los Angeles city manager, city administrator and mayor's office, but had not received a response as of press time. (Related: 'My hometown feels like Armageddon': Los Angeles-area towns reduced to ashes, leaving many with only 'the clothes on their backs')
