Angry Angelenos are going to cut this bus down.
More than 50,000 outraged Los Angeles residents call for the ouster of leftist Mayor Karen Bass in a new petition, accusing her of “gross mismanagement” in her disastrous response to the devastating wildfires ravaging the city. is requesting.
“We urgently request an immediate recall of… [Bass] “This is due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city.” Change.org petition The petition was created on Wednesday and had collected 56,000 signatures by Saturday morning.
Basu was 11,400 miles away in Africa when flames began to engulf the City of Angels during Ghana's presidential inauguration.
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“Families have been displaced, homes destroyed and livelihoods destroyed, yet Mayor Bass has left the front lines and chosen to travel abroad while his constituents suffer,” the petition reads. calls for a full and transparent investigation into the In disaster preparedness, response, and resource allocation, [LA] Vulnerable. ”
Bass cut $17.6 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department's fiscal year 2024-25 budget, which critics called a “bad decision.”
Nearly 130,000 Californians are under evacuation orders, and 11 people have died.
