Opinion: California’s Big City Mayors Need to Act Like CEOs — Not Legislators
Karen Bass and Todd Gloria have acted like weaker mayors amid crises, perhaps because they spent their careers as legislators before working for City Hall.
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LAFD pushes back against Mayor Karen Bass
The Los Angeles Fire Department is pushing back against Mayor Karen Bass after claiming Chief Crowley ... Sign up for NBC San Diego's News Headlines newsletter. Mayor Bass also said she’s working to regain the confidence that may have been lost amid ...
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Claims She Wasn’t ‘Aware’ of Wildfire Warnings When She Left the Country
The National Weather Service warned that intense Santa Ana winds were due to hit L.A. two days before Bass left the city for Ghana.
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Kristin Crowley appeals dismissal as LAFD chief to LA City Council
Kristin Crowley has appealed her termination as LAFD chief to the Los Angeles City Council after she was dismissed from the position nearly a week ago by Mayor Karen Bass.
Karen Bass admits she felt ‘terrible not being here for my city’ amid fires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass admitted to her blunders during the fires that broke out in her city while she was out of the country. The Palisades and Eaton fires burned over 37,000 acres of land and destroyed more than 16,
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LAFD Claps Back at Mayor Bass
Bass told Fox11 that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not warn her against taking an overseas trip to Ghana in the days before the Santa Ana winds fueled wildfires that devastated entire communities
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LA Mayor Karen Bass gives mind-boggling excuse for being in Ghana as her city burned
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has offered a mind-boggling excuse for being 7,500 miles away in Ghana as her city was consumed by wildfires.
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Bass removes Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Crowley
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been fired by Mayor Karen ... Bass, who received widespread criticism for traveling to Ghana on an ambassadorial trip prior to the outbreak of the deadly January wildfires in the Palisades and San ...
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Mayor Says She’s Investigating Her Own Trip Abroad While Wildfires Destroyed Her City
Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that her trip abroad during the ravaging wildfires is under investigation by her
Karen Bass wants to speak to whoever is in charge of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is trying to figure out who is in charge of the city and who can be blamed for the damage from its wildfires.
LA Mayor Bass points fingers when grilled on Africa trip amid botched wildfire response
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has come under intense scrutiny for traveling to Africa last month amid a botched fire response, is deflecting blame on the controversial trip.
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Karen Bass admits she felt ‘terrible not being here for my city’ amid fires
If that had, I will tell you, Elex, I wouldn’t have even gone to San Diego. Let alone leave the country,” Bass said. “So it didn’t reach that level to me to say, ‘Something terrible can ...