Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced backlash for her handling of the ongoing wildfire crisis, including a reported rift with Fire Chief Kristin Crowley. Bass dismissed questions about the tension, while Crowley criticized the city's leadership for failing firefighters and communities.
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass scoffed as she brushed off questions over her reported rift with Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley . Bass , who has come under intense criticism for her handling of the crisis, said at a Saturday press conference that she and Crowley are 'lockstep' in their efforts. 'We are lockstep in our number one mission, and that mission is to get us past this emergency right now,' she said.
'We want to make sure that we save lives, we save housing, we save businesses, and if there are differences that we have, we will continue to deal with those in private.' As Bass stepped away from the podium, a reporter asked if reports that she had fired Crowley were true, to which she responded 'no' and laughed. It came after Crowley blasted the city's mayor for 'failing' fire crews and communities devastated by the ongoing wildfires. Crowley took aim at the city's leadership during an interview with KTTV on Friday, admitting it had failed those affected by the fires and prevented the LA Fire Department from effectively doing its job. 'We are screaming to be properly funded to make sure that our firefighters can do their jobs so that we can serve the community,' Crowley said, adding that there were 'huge gaps' in firefighters' ability to tackle the blazes on the ground.Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has also been criticized for flying out to attend a presidential inauguration in Ghana even though meteorologists had warned a 'recipe for fire' was on track to strike LA. Meanwhile, on Friday former reality star Spencer Pratt announced that he intends to file a lawsuit against California for its alleged negligence after his home was tragically burnt down in the Pacific Palisades fire. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Bass toured the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades after the devastating blaze on Tuesday. The Mayor has come under fire for her decision to cut around $17.5 million from the fire department budget this fiscal year. Reality star Khloe Kardashian (pictured), rallied around Fire Chief Crowley to share her furious response at the mayor's decision to issue budget cuts. Spencer Pratt stands in the rubble of his Palisades home after it was tragically burnt down in the Pacific Palisades fire. He said he intends to sue the State for its destruction.While speaking to blogger, Perez Hilton, the father-of-two recalled desperately trying to get help from the Los Angeles Fire Department as he watched his property go up in flames. 'They never came. The gate was still locked,' he claimed. 'They never came. I watched from my security cameras until our house burned down. There were no fire trucks.' As his home burned down, Pratt insisted that he called 911 and informed them that if they sent 'one fire truck' to his street that they 'could stop coming down the whole freaking area.' In response to his suggestion to bring in a truck, he said he was told that the fire department didn't 'have the assets.' The couple's home, reportedly worth $3 million, was flattened to the ground, and photos obtained by DailyMail.com on Wednesday showed the severity of the devastation. Elsewhere, Khloe and her family have all evacuated their Hidden Hills and Calabasas mansions where the Kenneth Fire is continuing to rage on. The fast-moving inferno threatened to rip through the desirable neighborhoods - with the famous family all living just six miles from one another. Shortly after the news of her evacuation was revealed, the 40-year-old posted a furious response to the Mayor's handling of the crisis
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