The democratic mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass Thursday admitted her Africa -trip Was “absolutely” a mistake and that she worked to regain the trust of the public after being confronted last month with a recoil for her failed response to the furious fires in her city.
“Absolutely it’s, and I think I have to prove that every day by showing what we are doing, what works, what the challenges are,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles when asked if she is trying to win back. “
The comments come as Los Angeles this week opposite rain showers, which can create “rubble flows” in areas where the fires burned, a landslide risk for what remains of the disaster that tore in separate fires in the region. According to some with scars there have already been mud flows Fox weather.
La Burgemeester Karen Bass, left, and La Wildfires, right (AP)
Bass was in Ghana in front of the curse of his president when the fires started, although a high fire risk was known at the time. The Palisades Fire started on January 7 and escalated all night, but the mayor only returned to the city on January 8 and she did not answer repeated questions from a Sky News reporter On her arrival in the United States.
The silence of the bass went viral and led to the recoil of residents and social media.
Water is dropped by helicopter on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, January 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
More than 170,000 people have signed a change .org -petition that calls her to resign as a mayor. The situation also resulted in public criticism of the mayor, ranging from former Democratic mayors opponent Rick Caruso to Liberal Talk show -Gastheer Bill Maher.
La Mayor Karen Bass posed for photos at a cocktail party while Palisades Fire exploded
“La Mayor, Karen Bass, the Nero of American politics, was playing in Ghana while the city was burning,” Said maher last month.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Suggested that Disney CEO Bob Iger Run for mayor in 2026. When she was about to see if she made Khanna’s comments personally, Bass picked it up.
“I am only focused on one thing, and that is to ensure that our city is able to recover and rebuild, and that all those individuals who lived in the Palisades can go home,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles.
Rick Caruso, a democratic candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, celebrates during his primary night meeting in Los Angeles on 7 June 2022, with his family behind him. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
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The nearly 24,000 -hectare Palisades fire brigade destroyed more than 6,800 buildings, damaged 973 buildings and resulted in 12 deaths, according to the state Government data.
Political Fallout of the Brand continues while Steve Soboroff, who has the task of recovery efforts, was planned to receive a payment day of $ 500,000 For the next three months of various charities. However, he will now do the work without paying after the amount that lifted eyebrows, while some Californians do not build anything.
