Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass said on Thursday that travelling in Africa was “absolutely” wrong, working to regain public trust after facing backlash due to a response to a raging fire in her city last month He admitted that he was.
“It's definitely true, and I think we have to demonstrate every day by showing what we're doing, what's working, what's the challenge,” Bass said. said when asked by NBC Los Angeles if he was “trying to regain confidence.”
The statement allows “debris to flow” into areas where fires have been burned as Los Angeles faces a storm this week. According to the area with some scars already had landslides. Fox weather.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass, left, La Wildfire, right (AP)
The bus was in Ghana on the president's oath when the fire began, even with the high fire risk of that time. The Palisade fire began on January 7th and escalated in the middle of the night, but the mayor did not return to town until January 8th.
Bass' Silence went viral, leading to backlash from residents and social media.
On January 11, 2025, water was dropped by a helicopter from the Pallisard Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Sayer)
More than 170,000 have signed a Change.org petition asking her to resign as mayor. The situation has led to public criticism of the mayor, from former Democratic mayor's opponent Rick Caruso to liberal talk show host Bill Maher.
La Mayor Karen Bass took a photo at a cocktail party when the Palisades Fire exploded
“Karen Bass, the mayor of La, the Nero of American politics, was messing around in Ghana while the city was burning.” Maher said last month.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. proposed that Disney CEO Bob Iger He will run for mayor in 2026. Bass shrugged it when he pressed whether he had personally filmed Kanna's comment.
“I'm focusing on one thing and one thing alone. It's about making sure our city can be restored and rebuilt, and all individuals who lived in Pallisard return home. It's about making sure you can do it,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles.
Democratic candidate for Los Angeles mayor Rick Caruso will celebrate with his family on June 7, 2022 at his major evening gathering in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Garrald)
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The state says that almost 24,000 acres of Palisade fires have destroyed more than 6,800 buildings, destroying 973 buildings, resulting in 12 deaths. Government data.
The political fallout from the fire continues as Steve Soborov, who is tasked with restoration efforts, is set to receive $500,000 paydays from various charities for the next three months. But he works without pay after the amount raises his eyebrows as some Californians have returned from nothing.
