Column: Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Chief, but her own slump political crisis is far from over
Well, you can see that comes.
After the Pacific Palisades was burned, a reservoir sat empty and the fire hydrant was dry, the fire chief didn't even wait for the number of people, and then accused the mayor of underfunded Los Angeles Fire Department. Now, the mayor stumbled to solve the score in the worst two months of her political career.
On Friday, Karen Bass fired Lafd head Kristin Crowley.
This is a classic case, does anyone have to fall down after an epic disaster?
Something, but a long-time political observer said the bass did the right thing. Thomas Thomas and Fernando Guerra, founding director of the Dorothy Welly Center, said that in addition to Crowley's serious management of the department and handling the crisis and handling the crisis, In addition to handling, she is “political dissatisfaction”.
When the fire was sobbing, Crowley faced the bass publicly, claiming that the LAFD budget had been cut. As the Los Angeles Times reported, this is not the case. The message behind Crowley’s sack was: “If you don’t know that’s not when you make these statements, I can’t believe you’ll find out something else.”
agree. But to me, shooting looks like an act of political despair, like the paid moments of the bass. And, the town hall, inspired by bass errors, keeps bounced up, suggesting that the door has been opened to challengers in next year's mayoral election.
Will businessman Rick Caruso try again after losing bass for the last time? Is Monica Rodriguez, an increasingly critical bass MP, ready to form a coalition of moderate business interests and exhausting taxpayers?
Jaime Regalado, former executive director of the Pat Brown Institute, said people think there is “blood in the water.” “There are a lot of sharks politically. There are always. They smell some blood, they smell some vulnerability.”
They will have a lot of feed, starting with a bass photo at a cocktail party in Ghana on January 7, while Palisades starts to burn.
On the growing list of mistakes is the legend of bass naming political ally Steve Soboroff as Palisades rebuilds the Czar, and she then refuses to answer about him Remuneration and nonprofit issues.
It turns out that the fee is $500,000 for three months.
Shortly after everyone's head exploded, the mayor retreated. Under the new terms of the deal, Soboroff finally agreed to volunteer. Then there is hiring other consultants at undisclosed expenses, leading to more lack of transparency, and an increasing number of issues, including special attention:
Who is responsible for whom?
Well, the mayor said she was responsible, but she was “locking weapons” with other public officials. However, the Times dug out this candid text from county supervisor Lindsey Horvath on January 21:
“You asked us to put down our daily press. We did. We asked you to join our announcement tomorrow. There was no response. Now, we heard you were the lead role in your department's request today, and you didn't do one of us today? ”
From locking your arms to pointing your fingers.
The only thing I think is that Bass has a considerable advantage, she proves that by bringing together a long and successful career – first in health care, then in a nonprofit world, and later in a state legislator and Congress representatives.
But being the mayor of a huge city like Los Angeles is another beast, partly because the challenge is huge and sharing power with the city council, Regalado said. Given the diffuse power structure, the bass needs to quickly figure out how to lead, but Regalado said he began to agree with critics who think “her research is slower than she needs.”
“It seems like a political moment,” said Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of politics at Pomona College. She said voters hoped that in terms of fires, homelessness and public safety issues at MacArthur Park, she said There is more clear leadership and progress than they see.
As for the fire chief's dismissal, Sadwani said: “Whether this action will have an expected impact on the mayor's rebound, because despite all this, despite the firefighters, will this action have a rebound. Expected results.”
Any suspicion that Crowley was a fetus that was erased Wednesday, when Bass (usually reserved and non-dangerous) bass said through a spokesperson that Crowley had not warned her until January 7 Causes fire risk.
She told two local TV news outlets that if she knew about the fire risks in Los Angeles, she would go to Ghana on January 4 as part of the presidential delegation. “If I have all the information I need to provide, then the last thing I have to do is get out of town,” she told KABC.
She should call me. I have all the information I need, as well as the garden hose prepared, and so are everyone else. After months of drought, Southern California is a tinder box, a flame away from the flame.
On January 3, the National Weather Service warned that “critical fire conditions” pose a “main risk – take action”. It is supposedly meant that there were other actions besides waving goodbye and heading to a social gathering on another continent, just like the mayor did on January 4.
If the fire chief didn't call the bass, well, shame for Crowley. But the phone is designed for outgoing and incoming calls. Why doesn't the bass call the Chief, considering the predictions and warnings that dominate the message?
Considering the horrible warning, bass criticism of Crowley this week extended to the Times’ biggest resource, which expanded to the biggest resource that failed to pre-issue.
“Despite the warning, I don't think our preparation is normal,” Bass told Fox 11 News.
Again, both ways have been cut.
Los Angeles and Wildfires are not strangers. In fire season, the mayor and council members should not be bystanders. They must be involved in the preparations.
There may be consequences because voters have two jobs.
They can hire.
They can fire.
steve.lopez@latimes.com
