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I just said what I believe is the most important thing for us to do right now
Bass defended her leadership when asked at a press conference on Thursday and said
The LAFD is still going through a FY [financial year] 2024/2025 $48.8million budget reduction exercise with the CAO [City Attorney's Office],
the document saidIt's an internal memo not to be distributed,
one currently-serving 25-year veteran of the Fire Department told DailyMail.comThese budgetary reductions have adversely affected the department’s ability to maintain core operations, such as technology and communication infrastructure, payroll processing, training, fire prevention and community education,
Crowley wrote
The reduction in v-hours ... has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires, earthquakes, hazardous materials incidents and large public events,
Crowley wrote in the memoThere were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days,
Bass saidWithout this funding, pilot compliance and readiness are jeopardized, and aerial firefighting capabilities are diminished,
the memo readsThis report provides an in-depth analysis of these cascading impacts, underscoring the critical need for resource restoration to ensure operational readiness, firefighter safety, and the delivery of high-quality public service,
she wrote
City of LA you want everyone to evacuate yet you have complete gridlock and not one traffic cop on the roads helping.
Sarah Michelle Geller said on her Instagram
We pay the highest taxes in California
Actress Sara Foster addedWe think about fire prevention 24/7.
Back in 2019, then vice-president of communications for the Getty Trust Lisa Lapin saidRest assured, when we are safe, when lives have been saved, we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or hold accountable any body, department, individual.
Mayor Bass held a press conference on Thursday amid calls for her to resign, instead statingWe did get lucky in some ways, and people were rushing around,
she saidOur families, our friends have been affected,
she said at Wednesday's press conference
This budget serves as a reset, in part by continuing to hire for critical positions including police officers and firefighters while eliminating some of the department's vacant positions, thereby prioritizing our City family over empty desks,
Bass said in a statement in June