More than 92,000 people have one Change.org petition Since Sunday morning, demands have been made for the resignation of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as wildfires continue in the area.
The petition was started by a user called “Frustrated Californian” who accused Bass of “gross mismanagement” during the natural disaster crisis, even calling her out for not being in the country when the fires started.
Bass was widely criticized last week when she traveled to Ghana, meaning she spent the holiday thousands of miles away from her city first day of destruction on Tuesday.
“The water supply is under severe strain, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost,” the petition reads.
A helicopter drops water on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
There are currently five active forest fires in Los Angeles County – Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst and Archer.
Bass has been active on social media since her return to the US, with her last post on X and Facebook on Saturday evening.
“Angelenos, we’re still going through it and for all of you and all of you who have experienced loss, the sadness, the anger, the utter shock. I’ve seen the devastation. It’s unbelievable the amount of loss those people have experienced, but we must get through this crisis and I know we will,” she said in a one-minute video.
Before Bass faced widespread public criticism for her response to the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, she was held in the highest esteem by the Democratic Party’s most prominent figures.
President Biden once considered Bass a top contender for his vice presidential running mate in 2020, while former President Barack Obama previously predicted she would make an “excellent mayor” of the city.
Sarah Michelle Gellar was one of many to criticize LA Mayor Karen Bass as the fires raged through Los Angeles. (Getty Images)
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Patricia Heton and Jillian Michaels are among the vocal celebrities giving public officials scathing reviews.
“This disaster didn’t come out of left field,” Aurora Culpo, host of the “Barely Filtered” podcast, told Fox News Digital. “We were well aware of the possibility of fire, and we had the preparedness of a third world country in a place that pays some of the highest taxes in the world. Those in power should be forced to take responsibility and to act.”
FOX News’ Gabriel Hays and Gabrielle Regalbuto contributed to this report.
