{"id":2391353,"date":"2025-01-16T17:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-is-finished-more-than-50-percent-of-californians-dont-blame-bass-for-fires\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:11:52","slug":"california-is-finished-more-than-50-percent-of-californians-dont-blame-bass-for-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-is-finished-more-than-50-percent-of-californians-dont-blame-bass-for-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"California Is Finished: More Than 50 Percent of Californians Don&#8217;t Blame Bass for Fires"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcalifornia-is-finished-more-than-50-percent-of-californians-dont-blame-bass-for-fires%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=2391353&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>In the aftermath of \u200drecent fires in the \u2062los Angeles area, California \u200bGovernor\u200c gavin Newsom and Los\u200c Angeles Mayor\u200d Karen Bass \u2064have faced important criticism regarding their handling of the situation. Republican President-elect\u2064 Donald Trump openly condemned \u2064their responses, labeling them as &#8220;stone-cold incompetent.&#8221; Bass, in particular, was criticized for not returning promptly from\u200d a\u200d trip to Ghana when the\u200c fires first ignited.<\/p>\n<p>A poll\u200b conducted by Daily Mail\u2064 \/ J.L.\u2062 Partners indicated that a majority of respondents believe both officials share responsibility for the fires.\u200b Specifically, 48% of\u2062 participants attributed at least some level of \u200cblame to Newsom, while 47% considered Bass to be responsible.\u2063 on social media, there have been calls for their immediate replacement, \u2062wiht contributors expressing concerns\u200b over their\u2064 management \u2063and preparedness for disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a separate \u2063inquiry regarding President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2064 accountability \u2063revealed \u2063that 17% of \u200brespondents see\u2063 him as significantly responsible for the fires, \u200calthough a \u200clarger segment found him not\u200d at fault. The \u200cpoll&#8217;s \u2063methodology and margin of error were\u2062 not disclosed. Editorial commentary has \u200cemphasized that effective\u200c political\u200d leadership \u200bplays a crucial role during crises, criticizing the lack of decisive action from both Newsom \u200band\u200b Bass\u200d during the disaster.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles area fires have charred the popularity of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass while showing a deep division in who respondents blame for the fires.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Both of them are stone-cold incompetent,&rdquo; President-elect Donald Trump has said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/la-mayor-california-governor-criticized-over-fires-political-clash-ensues-2025-01-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, in particular, came in for criticism because she did not immediately return from a trip to Ghana when the first fires broke out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Take a drive down Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, California after the Pacific Palisades fire<\/p>\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass must be held accountable for this<\/p>\n<p>This was one of the most iconic drives anywhere in the world. LA history gone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OEcxtwmYGm\">pic.twitter.com\/OEcxtwmYGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetApes\/status\/1879517807676924062?\">January 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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>A Daily Mail \/ J.L. Partners poll showed that more respondents believe that Bass and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ingraham-left-literally-speechless-mel-gibsons-final-5-word-message-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a> have some level of responsibility for the fires than those who do not, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14289313\/poll-los-angeles-fires-california-gavin-newsom-blame.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Poll results show that 28 percent of those polled believe Newsom is &ldquo;a great deal responsible&rdquo; for the fires, while 20 percent say he is &ldquo;somewhat responsible,&rdquo; meaning 48 percent hold him at least somewhat responsible for the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-four percent of those polled said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cocaine-induced-viewers-baffled-newsom-begins-dancing-swaying-smiling-extremely-weird-wildfire-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the governor<\/a> was &ldquo;not at all responsible&rdquo; for the fires while 18 percent said he was &ldquo;not very responsible.&rdquo; In other words, 42 percent of those responding more or less absolved him from blame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">California has the best land and worst government in America.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s failed water and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">forest management policies helped turn<\/a> what could be manageable fires into devastating infernos.<\/p>\n<p>And Trump called it months ago on his interview with Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s are details. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXLt2J7fYS\">pic.twitter.com\/yXLt2J7fYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thatsKAIZEN\/status\/1877077864341766608?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ten percent of those responding said they did not know who to blame.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to Bass, 22 percent said she was &ldquo;a great deal responsible&rdquo; with 25 percent saying she is &ldquo;somewhat responsible,&rdquo; for a combined total of 47 percent of respondents assigning her some level of blame.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven percent of those responding to the survey said Bass was &ldquo;not at all responsible,&rdquo; while 11 percent said she was &ldquo;not very responsible,&rdquo; meaning 38 percent don&rsquo;t lay the blame for the fires on Bass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karen Bass <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA?\">@MayorOfLA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> should be replaced immediately. We already knew that the city and state was being mismanaged, before these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fx-and-nyt-announce-elon-musk-expose-documentary-as-billionaire-buys-twitter\/\" title=\"FX And NYT Announce Elon Musk Expos\u00e9 Documentary As Billionaire Buys Twitter\">fire disasters<\/a>. This will only get worse. I am not willing to find out how unprepared the city and state is for a major earthquake,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Ec0EMAXGQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/3Ec0EMAXGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineBateman\/status\/1879674563979608465?\">January 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Fifteen percent of those responding said they did not know whether to blame Bass or not.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fire-departments-sued-biden-harris-requiring-job-candidates-learn-fight-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>, with 17 percent holding him &ldquo;a great deal responsible&rdquo; and 10 percent &ldquo;somewhat responsible,&rdquo; while 37 percent said he was &ldquo;not at all responsible&rdquo; and 28 percent said Biden was &ldquo;not very responsible.&rdquo; Eight percent did not respond with a position.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail did not reveal the mechanics of the poll or its margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/13\/opinion\/where-is-the-la-fires-version-of-rudy-giuliani-because-its-not-karen-bass-or-gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post editorial<\/a> was not shy in offering its verdict on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mayor-bass-frantically-edits-mind-blowing-x-post-late-everyone-already-noticed-massive-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bass<\/a> and Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing Bass, the Post editorial wrote that &ldquo;apart from vacantly staring at a reporter who asked if she had anything to say to the voters she left to die and the long-belated offer of platitudes like &lsquo;Reject those who seek to divide us,&rsquo; she&rsquo;s done nothing meaningful since she got back&rdquo; from her African trip.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The L.A. fires and the Newsom\/Bass flailfest remind us that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-government-complicit-media-silicon-valley-are-torching-america\/\" title=\"Weak Government, Complicit Media, Silicon Valley Are Torching America\">political leadership<\/a> really does matter &mdash; and that in moments of disaster, it&rsquo;s all that matters,&rdquo; the Post editorial wrote.<\/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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President-elect Donald Trump criticized both leaders, labeling them as &#8220;stone-cold incompetent.&#8221; Bass faced particular backlash for not returning promptly from a trip to Ghana when the fires first erupted. A poll by Daily Mail \/ J.L. Partners indicated that more respondents believe Bass and Newsom share some responsibility for the fires than those who do not. Specifically, 28% think Newsom is &#8220;a great deal responsible,&#8221; while 20% consider him &#8220;somewhat responsible,&#8221; totaling 48% attributing at least some blame to him. In contrast, 42% of respondents felt he bore little or no responsibility. For Bass, 47% of those surveyed assigned her some level of blame, with only 38% exonerating her entirely. The poll also gauged opinions on President Joe Biden&#8217;s accountability regarding the situation but did not disclose its methodology or margin of error. A New York Post editorial criticized both leaders&#8217; responses during this crisis, emphasizing that effective political leadership is crucial during disasters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391354,"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-6.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10115,4045,5231,5894,34832],"class_list":["post-2391353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bass","tag-california","tag-fires","tag-politics","tag-public-opinion"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Bass-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391353","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=2391353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391357,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391353\/revisions\/2391357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}