by William Upton, The National Pulse:
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) disclosed it was struggling to implement a massive $48.8 million budget cut forced on it by the city’s Democrat mayor, Karen Bass, just days before catastrophic wildfires broke out earlier this week. A leaked January 6 department memo states the LAFD believed a worst-case budget scenario—meaning no relief from the mayor—would result in the closure of upward of 16 fire stations.
On January 8, several major wildfires broke out in the greater Los Angeles metro area and quickly raged out of control. In a matter of days, the fires have burned tens of thousands of acres, and the largest two—in Pacific Palisades and Altadena—remain zero percent contained.
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Wow. Leaked memo reveals LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded the fire department cut $48.8 million from their budget just days before the fires broke out! pic.twitter.com/YzsG4T96y5
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Despite the leaked memo and numerous media stories detailing that at least $17 million was already cut from the LAPD’s budget, Mayor Bass’s Democratic Party allies have tried to obfuscate the funding reductions.
Victor Shi, one of the former staffers who managed the social media account for Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, falsely claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that Bass had actually increased the LAFD budget by $50 million.
Notably, of the initial $17 million budget cut in 2024, $7 million of it came from reductions in overtime pay, as well as fire prevention and training programs. Fire budgets have also been diverted to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in recent years.
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