“I had people calling me, ‘If I write you a check right now for a million dollars, will you come to my house?’” says Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders January 24, 2025 On Tuesday, January 7th, the first day of the Los Angeles Fires, Andrew Sarvis captained his nine firetrucks toward the homes...Read More
LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley is at the center of a media storm, sparking budget questions and calls for resignation Rolling Stone January 22, 2025 A white picket fence stands with untouched roses. Six feet away, a home is gone. The decimation caused by the Palisades and Eaton fires is catastrophic and abnormal, and Los Angeles...Read More
By LA Times Today Staff El Segundo Jan. 14, 2025 A month before fires, L.A. fire chief warned budget cuts were hampering emergency response By Julia Ingram Updated on: January 13, 2025 / CBS News Before wildfires broke out across Los Angeles, the city’s fire chief said that budget cuts were hampering the department’s ability...Read More
ByTomas Navia and Tonya Simpson ABC News January 11, 2025, 6:09 PM Deadly wildfire devastation across LA as red flag warnings continue An estimated 12,000 homes have burned as displaced families pour into shelters under evacuation orders and return to their homes in ruins. Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department...Read More
By Samantha Putterman | PolitFact Published On 15 Jan 2025 As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts. The critics included the Los Angeles Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. “Fires in LA are sadly...Read More
Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2025 Last year, faced with a serious budget crunch, Bass and the council eliminated dozens of civilian positions in the department, all of them already vacant. Those cuts have hampered “core functions” in the department, including payroll, community education programs and the equity and human resources bureau, which addresses personnel...Read More
