{"id":2389721,"date":"2025-01-13T14:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayor-used-fire-department-money-to-fund-queer-occult-interests-ebony-theatre-trans-cafe-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:51:32","slug":"la-mayor-used-fire-department-money-to-fund-queer-occult-interests-ebony-theatre-trans-cafe-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayor-used-fire-department-money-to-fund-queer-occult-interests-ebony-theatre-trans-cafe-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Mayor Used Fire Department Money to Fund Queer Occult Interests, &#8216;Ebony Theatre,&#8217; Trans Cafe, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fla-mayor-used-fire-department-money-to-fund-queer-occult-interests-ebony-theatre-trans-cafe-and-more%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=2389721&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\u200c Mayor Karen Bass \u200dhas faced\u200b notable \u2063criticism \u2062for her leadership during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">recent wildfires<\/a> that ravaged parts of the city. Critics pointed out that \u2062Bass was \u2064on an \u2062official trip in Africa when the crisis began. \u200cAdditionally, just one day prior to the outbreak of the\u2063 Pacific Palisades\u200b fire, she \u2062attempted to cut\u200c nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles Fire department\u2019s\u2063 budget, following over $17 million in cuts the previous year. This raised\u200b concerns about the city&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-universal-pre-k-needed-to-compete-with-china\/\" title=\"Biden: Universal Pre-K Needed To Compete With China\">budget priorities<\/a>, particularly in a region that frequently faces wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Instead \u200bof funding fire prevention efforts,the mayor allocated\u2063 money to initiatives like a $100,000 fund for the &#8220;Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe,&#8221; designed to provide support for unsheltered transgender individuals during late-night hours. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">budgetary\u2062 allocations included grants<\/a> for the Ebony Repertory Theater and the ONE Archives Foundation.Critics argue \u2062that \u2063these spending choices\u200b divert necessary resources away from the urgent needs created by the wildfires,leading to discontent among \u2063the public \u2062regarding Bass&#8217;s leadership decisions.  <\/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>Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has faced a number of criticisms over her leadership amid the wildfires destroying large portions of the city.<\/p>\n<p>First, there was the fact that Bass spent the first part of the crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-mayors-stone-faced-response-asked-apologize-residents-triggers-outrage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several thousand miles away<\/a> on an entirely separate continent, attending an official trip all the way in Africa as the horrible situation unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there was the revelation that she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/1-day-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-fire-dept-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to slash<\/a> almost $49 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department budget one day before the Pacific Palisades fire started.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after more than $17 million in cuts the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-mayor-refuses-help-ny-firefighters-mexico-fire-crews-welcome-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bass<\/a> did not want to spend money on fighting fires in a state which lives under a constant threat of such disasters, then the question of what the city funded instead must be raised.<\/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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/firebasestorage.googleapis.com\/v0\/b\/lacontroller-2b7de.appspot.com\/o\/Press%20Releases%2F2024-25%20Adopted%20Budget%20Final_electronic.pdf?alt=media&amp;token=0c4a680f-252c-41c0-899e-0c3c341685f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">budget resolution<\/a> for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which said on the front cover that the document was submitted by Bass herself before being modified and adopted by the Los Angeles City Council, indeed revealed some rather foolish spending priorities.<\/p>\n<p>There was a &ldquo;Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe,&rdquo; for which Bass suggested a $100,000 slush fund, an amount that was fully approved by the City Council.<\/p>\n<p>The funding was meant to &ldquo;support a safe haven for unsheltered transgender individuals in Hollywood between the hours of 9:00 pm and 7:00 am.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One has to wonder whether those &ldquo;unsheltered transgender individuals&rdquo; will still be able to take their midnight strolls in that area, or if that area will be reduced to rubble by the fires.<\/p>\n<p>There was $8,230 allocated to the Ebony Repertory Theatre, a project which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebonyrep.org\/about-ert.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempts<\/a> to &ldquo;provide a permanent home for artists of color that enables those artists to explore, experience and present a wide-ranging variety of programs that reflect the significant canon of African-American literary, artistic and cultural achievements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There was meanwhile $8,670 earmarked for the ONE Archives Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>That entity <a href=\"https:\/\/one.usc.edu\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports<\/a> the largest repository of &ldquo;Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer&rdquo; materials in the world at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>They recently ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/one.usc.edu\/exhibition\/sci-fi-magick-queer-la-sexual-science-and-imagi-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibition<\/a> called &ldquo;Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<em>Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation<\/em> considers the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-parody-pentagon-researchers-are-focusing-on-an-under-the-skin-microchip-as-an-end-to-the-pandemic\/\" title=\"Not Parody: Pentagon Researchers Are Focusing On An Under-The-Skin Microchip As An End To The Pandemic\">science fiction<\/a> fandom and occult interests to U.S. LGBTQ history,&rdquo; the event description said. &ldquo;Science fiction and occult communities helped pave the way for the LGBTQ movement by providing a place for individuals to meet and imagine spaces less restricted by societal norms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lobbying-analyst-democrat-immigration-bill-a-political-exercise\/\" title=\"Lobbying Analyst: Democrat immigration bill a \u2018political exercise\u2019\">spending money<\/a> on stopping her city from potentially becoming a smoldering hellscape, Bass spent money on making the city a spiritual smoldering hellscape.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like her efforts were successful on both fronts.<\/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; 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Initially, she was criticized for being thousands of miles away on a trip to Africa while the crisis unfolded. Additionally, it was revealed that she attempted to cut nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department budget just one day before the Pacific Palisades fire began, following over $17 million in cuts from the previous year. This raises concerns about what alternative funding priorities were in place if fire prevention wasn&#8217;t a priority in a state prone to such disasters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389722,"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\/Karen-Bass-5.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48431,48429,48181,48430,48432],"class_list":["post-2389721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ebony-theatre","tag-fire-department-funds","tag-la-mayor","tag-queer-interests","tag-trans-cafe"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Bass-5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389721","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=2389721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389725,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389721\/revisions\/2389725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}