The criticism seems certain to renew tensions between Crowley and Bass, who appeared at odds last month.
In the weeks since the Palisades fire, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has faced repeated questions about why she left for Ghana as warnings about dangerous winds grew increasingly worrisome. This week, Bass and her office spoke out for the first time about her decision, putting the blame on Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley and others for not warning her about the highly concerning weather forecasts.
'I can tell you that our rank-and-file firefighters appreciate Chief Crowley's honesty regarding the state of the Fire Department and her fighting for the resources that we need to do our jobs.' Bass, in television interviews this week, suggested she was left in the dark about the seriousness of the wildfire risk. “It didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen, and maybe you shouldn't have gone on the trip,' she told Fox 11 News.
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