Life-threatening' windstorm fans fires in Southern Calaifornia as blazes burn in Los Angeles

Wait for the facts to come out. Such as the assertion that the fire department cut budget. Do not trust the knee jerk reactions from Republicans

Bass also took heat from far-left activists online, who accused the mayor of cutting the fire department's budget in order to pay for a costly new contract with the city's police. Also weighing in against her was Patrick Soon-Shiong, the politically idiosyncratic owner of the Los Angeles Times, who echoed the attack, posting on X that "the Mayor cut LA Fire Department's budget by $23M."

That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city's fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield's office, although overall concerns about the department's staffing level have persisted for a number of years.

But the mayor's team did not push back on the record to inquiries about Soon-Shiong's post, allowing the incorrect information to circulate widely online for most of Wednesday. Bass briefly noted in the news conference that LAFD's budget was higher than what was allocated on July 1.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-karen-bass-extended-honeymoon-00197228

 

And why do you think they don’t have a plan? This is what critical thinking is all about and knowing who are the screwups and the DEI hires in our government.

 

Cause we know only Conservative, White, Heterosexual, Christian men can run a government properly...correct? We know that is bullshit.

 

But you're against that. You always rally for DEI and against white people. Let's be fair. Nobody should be hired based on race or gender but that's not how you operate

 

Forget that list breh. I just want the most qualified, competent person in the most crucial roles. DEI hires are deadly and we can see it burning up right before our eyes.

 

@Scarface281
Breh it’s dry like zero humidity no rain
Windy and lots of brush and trees

You know the song

Only us real posters know R&B

 

They got a white dude as governor and DEI people love him
So woke people are just hypocrites
They love that Luigi guy too and forgot they hate guns

 

Yeah, a Mayor can stop the Santa Ana winds. Trump's mere presence would stop the fire in its tracks. LOL. Firefighters can eventually control those wildfires but not stop them. Until mother nature helps with rain and calmer winds, there is no way to stop them.

 

Dude, these MAGA assholes think anyone of color, that is female, Not hetero, or Conservative is a DEI hire. They don't realize Trump is a DEI hire. He is a disabled man who wears a diaper and has **** for brains. However, he spews the BS they like.

 

Fly ass song for the appropriate current event.

 

Man, you need to pay more attention to the screwups and the corrupt politicians in California and then put 2 and 2 together how they are in a mess that they are. Can’t help you there breh but one hint: follow the money.

 

I hate the MAGA movement. Don't get me wrong on that. Ypu won't ever see me as a Trump fan. The problem is the Dems ran Harris. An even worse candidate which was damn near impossible. I liked Pete and Tulsi personally. The thing is Trump knew his audience. Harris didn't have one outside of running on the factors that ypu said. That was it. She wasn't qqualified and was unlikable. Trump ponders to his base. Harris has none it was just never Trump. I get the sentiment but that isn't going to win you an election. Newsom is the same. They'd be insane to run him

 

He won’t bushwick here can’t see , he needs to stand up on his chair

 

All woke people are insane
@Salvy
I think you are figuring this out

 

addresses a number of issues that people have discussed here

The Los Angeles Wildfires: An Avoidable Tragedy
State efforts to prevent them have been costly and impractical, with grim results.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-wildfires-palisades-eaton

 

Damn, hadn’t heard a Bushwick Bill reference in a long ass time.

 

@Os Trigonum
@AroundTheWorld

Real rockets fans know who Geto Boys are

 

Woke clowns in here will never admit that wokeness is deadly!

 

Tulsi is a PUTIN b****, Russian agent. Pete had no chance (being gay). Harris was more qualified than TRUMP. But she was a woman, a black one at that. I've had WOMEN tell me they would never vote for a woman to be President (too emotional...lol).