Fox Business25d
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles' budget is in the spotlight as multiple wildfires rage around the city amid revelations that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending ...
Fox News25d
Silent on arrival: LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions for her absence as wildfires ravage city
An expressionless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer reporters ... forces that she poured into spending on the city's homeless population. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles ...
New York Post16d
LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office hit with scandals over hush money, bribes and accusations of ‘legalized corruption’
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass got into office promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and promising to tackle homelessness and ... the corruption in LA’s public utility company that ...
AOL26d
LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M, focused on homeless spending— months before wildfires turned city into hellscape
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced ... million. LA budgeted $837 million for the Bravest in fiscal year 2023-2024 — which was shockingly 65% of the $1.3 billion slated for the homeless ...
Fox News22d
Flashback: LA Mayor Karen Bass was once considered top VP choice by Biden, praised by Obama as ‘outstanding’
Prior to drawing intense public scrutiny for her response to handling the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass ... the city’s homeless budget of $1.3 billion. Bass took major ...
New York Post23d
LA Times owner rips Mayor Karen Bass for slashing fire department budget: ‘A bad call’
The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times blasted the city’s mayor, Democrat Karen Bass, for her “poor ... were redirected to address rampant homelessness in the city, but subsequent ...
ABC News19d
LA mayor issues housing executive order amid wildfires, crisis
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order to rebuild homes and businesses that the city lost in the ongoing LA County fires ... state's troubles tackling homelessness, with ...
Black Enterprise24d
LA Mayor Karen Bass Faces Scrutiny For $17M Fire Department Budget Cut Despite An Existing $819M
Since Mayor Bass returned to LA ... The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) faced a $17.6 million budget cut after Mayor Karen Bass decided to pull back funds and prioritize the city’s homeless ...
kcra.com23d
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response
Los Angeles, CA - July 31: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, left, speaks at a news conference alongside Councilmember Nithya Raman, center and Mercedes Marquez, chief of housing and homelessness ...
Los Angeles Times19d
How Mayor Bass hopes to speed up rebuilding in Pacific Palisades
Late Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order that aims to speed up the rebuilding of homes and businesses after wildfires tore through Pacific Palisades. Academics ...
Los Angeles Times20d
With her city in flames, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ political future hangs in the balance
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has faced escalating criticism for ... years in office focused on the city’s sprawling and complex homelessness emergency. She has made some incremental progress ...