Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...
LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.
Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.
Petition Demanding Karen Bass Resign Over Fires Signed by Thousands
"We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen ...
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Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months before deadly fires
Seven months before the uncontrolled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, the city's fire department budget for this fiscal year was cut by more than $17.5 million, records show.
Column: Karen Bass was no Nero — and now's the time for her to prove that
L.A. is scared, seething and looking for a scapegoat — and who better than a mayor who jetted to another continent despite ...
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Karen Bass Has Tense Exchange With Reporter Over Wildfires: 'Let Me Finish'
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a tense exchange with a reporter questioing the city's preparedness and response to devastating wildfires. "My focus right now is on the lives and on the homes." ...
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Karen Bass’ 2021 tweet comes back to haunt her as LA residents demand accountability
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing major backlash for being in Ghana while her city battled devastating wildfires. Now, a 2021 tweet in which she criticized Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for going to ...
Stone-faced LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions about absence as wildfires rage across her city
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass became stone-faced when confronted by a reporter as she returned to America to find her city burning Wednesday. “Do you owe citizens and apology for being absent while ...
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The U.S. Defense Department said on Monday it has added Chinese tech giants including gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings and battery maker CATL to a list of firms it says work with ...
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Trump allies warn California leaders, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, that they could go to prison over sanctuary city laws
The California Attorney General’s office and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass were sent similar letters ... The state’s own sanctuary law, signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, curbs local ...
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Judge signals that contempt hearing over $148M defamation award might not go well for former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Lawyers for the election workers filed the contempt request after saying Giuliani had failed to turn over a lease to his Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes, various watches and jewelry, a signed Joe ...
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LGBTQ+ fans celebrate after Outnumbered Christmas special officially confirms Karen is queer
The 2024 Outnumbered Christmas special saw the Brockman family reunite on screen for the first time since 2016: and boy, was it jam packed with revelations – particularly about hilarious fan-favourite ...