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But the reporter did her job. Maybe it's a cautionary tale for anyone when dealing with reporters.

The reporter obviously wants to feed the RW hit jobs on California politicians, but this fire chief seems to be fully aware of that and is going along. It does look like their target is the mayor, at a minimum.

The fire chief got aggressive because she anticipated an attack from the mayor or was even insulted by something the mayor already said.

Yes, it does looks like it was a CYA move on the fire chief’s part. This interview has been widely discussed on the local news. There was even a round of gossip that Karen Bass fired the chief, but Bass guffawed at that during a presser. Glad you posted this — good find.

think it's Mayor Bass' fault.

a lot even in the last day. This interview was part of the verbal wars going on now and is very public. Karen Bass and the fire chief appear together and say their main goals are the fires in front of them and immediate concerns. But there is obvious tension, and it looks like the fire chief is covering her butt by bringing up the budget cuts.

It does look like Bass will be blamed for a lot, but I don’t even know what to think yet. This is definitely a public spat now, tho. The fire chief’s interview was talked about a lot on the local channels and spectrum news.

Early Days yet as far as who Dropped what ball .

I just Hope it gets So Better. This morning the report on DU was the Santa Ana Winds had picked up Again.. and the Fires were headed toward Brentwood.

TY for being our LA Reality Correspondent That's the way I feel anyway.

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my input is mostly from a lot of local news. There was a post here from someone who is a Hollywood resident who had an apartment in the area and others who are more directly affected that had great insight. But thank you! The back scene political dynamics are interesting!

of my family from all over the USA & Hawaii were there in and out of her home for days. My sisters & daughter who came in from Portland stayed in an Airbnb close to Whole Foods not too far from Brentwood.

I told my Niece before I left that I liked her Neighborhood. I ran all up and down the hills there.

It's a good thing you're not closer to the fires. but you check the local news and that can be informative.

Thank you so much! 💙

Baiting Dems and Blue State officials is how they operate.

She fully detailed even more blame on the mayor -full interview here:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/us/video/the-lead-kristin-crowley-california-fire-department-lafd-wildfires-budget-jake-tapper