{"id":2389107,"date":"2025-01-11T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-day-before-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-more-from-fire-dept-report\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T14:27:41","slug":"1-day-before-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-more-from-fire-dept-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-day-before-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-more-from-fire-dept-report\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Day Before Fires Started, LA Mayor Tried Cutting $49 Million More from Fire Dept: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1-day-before-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-more-from-fire-dept-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has faced \u200bcriticism for attempting to cut \u200bnearly $49 million from the city&#8217;s Fire Department\u200d budget just before \u2064severe wildfires affected \u2063the area. A leaked memo indicated that these cuts would have led to the\u2062 closure of 16 fire stations, substantially\u2063 hampering emergency response\u200d capabilities across various City Council Districts.The memo,dated january 6,coincided closely with the\u200c onset of the wildfires. Bass\u2064 had\u2063 already reduced the \u200dLAFD budget by $17.6 million in\u200c her previous budget proposals, which has \u2064drawn disapproval from \u200dboth current and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-breaks-out-at-paul-newmans-camp-for-sick-children-but-no-injuries-reported\/\" title=\"Fire Breaks Out At Paul Newman\u2019s Camp For Sick Children, But No Injuries Reported\">fire officials<\/a> who have expressed\u2064 concerns about the city\u2019s leadership during \u2063a crisis. Critics argue that Bass&#8217;s focus on reallocating funds towards\u2062 homelessness \u2063and other initiatives is detrimental to fire safety, especially\u2062 as the fires continue to threaten communities in Los\u200c Angeles. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">situation highlights ongoing\u2063 debates<\/a> about the city&#8217;s \u200cfiscal policies and \u2062priorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass reportedly tried to cut nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles County Fire Department budget shortly before deadly wildfires broke out in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The budget cuts, as discussed in a memo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14271021\/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-fires-department-budget-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked<\/a> to the U.K. Daily Mail by a whistleblower, would have shuttered 16 fire stations across the city.<\/p>\n<p>The memo said that the LAFD was &ldquo;still going through&rdquo; a $48.8 million &ldquo;budget reduction exercise&rdquo; with the City Attorney&rsquo;s Office for the 2024 and 2025 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only way to provide a cost savings would be to close as many as 16 fire stations,&rdquo; the document said.<\/p>\n<p>That would have represented &ldquo;at least one fire station per City Council District,&rdquo; significantly impacting the ability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/footage-california-wildfire-shows-entire-neighborhoods-completely-wiped-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firefighters<\/a> to respond in emergencies.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The details of this plan have not yet been developed,&rdquo; the document stressed. &ldquo;This is a worst-case scenario and is NOT happening yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The memo was dated Jan. 6, which is only one day before the fires started in the wealthy Pacific Palisades area.<\/p>\n<p>Bass also cut $17.6 million from the LAFD in her latest budget, provoking criticism of her leadership as the fires destroy entire neighborhoods and force hundreds of thousands to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Several current and former LAFD officials blasted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-officials-send-fake-evacuation-alert-entire-county-nearly-flood-streets-10-million-panicking-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leadership<\/a> of Los Angeles over the attempted budget cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They did not want this out. It&rsquo;s an internal memo not to be distributed,&rdquo; one 25-year veteran of the agency, who is still serving, told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It comes from top brass downtown, City Hall. They&rsquo;re trying to allocate more money for the homeless, and they need to start taking from everybody,&rdquo; that firefighter added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we already exhausted our budget. It&rsquo;s already tapped,&rdquo; the firefighter continued. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why they cut the fire academy in half, so they could save more money. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re not testing if hydrants work any more. We&rsquo;re doing everything we can to save money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another source told the outlet that &ldquo;Bass wanted to cut even more&rdquo; and was adamant that the LAFD somehow find more ways to reduce spending.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-la-democrat-steps-down-after-recording-shows-she-went-on-racist-rant-2\/\" title=\"Powerful LA Democrat Steps Down After Recording Shows She Went on Racist Rant\">entire situation shows<\/a> how poor the leadership of Los Angeles and the state government of California has unsurprisingly turned out to be amid this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>By refusing to enforce the law against criminals, incentivizing illegal immigration, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-fire-departments-dei-obsession-comes-light-devastating-wildfire-rages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity hiring<\/a>, raising property prices through aggressive regulations, and hiking taxes on working people, among several other policies that could be mentioned, these Democratic leaders created the perfect storm to ensure that the city of Los Angeles folded as soon as a disaster hit.<\/p>\n<p>As there is no end in sight to many of the fires, the LAFD will in any case be scraping for every penny they can find.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to a memo leaked to the U.K. Daily Mail by a whistleblower, these cuts would have resulted in the closure of 16 fire stations throughout the city. The memo indicated that the LAFD was undergoing a $48.8 million &#8220;budget reduction exercise&#8221; with the City Attorney\u2019s Office for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, stating that closing up to 16 fire stations was necessary for cost savings, which would significantly hinder emergency response capabilities. The document emphasized that this plan was still in its early stages and not yet implemented, dated just one day before fires ignited in affluent Pacific Palisades. Additionally, Bass had already reduced LAFD funding by $17.6 million in her latest budget, drawing criticism as fires ravaged neighborhoods and forced mass evacuations. Current and former LAFD officials condemned these proposed cuts, highlighting concerns over leadership decisions amid ongoing crises while noting that resources were already stretched thin due to previous budget constraints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-90.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38037,48317,48181,35975,23907],"class_list":["post-2389107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget-cuts","tag-fire-department","tag-la-mayor","tag-public-safety","tag-wildfires"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-90.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389111,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389107\/revisions\/2389111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}