Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was criticized for attending a cocktail party at the U.S. Embassy in Ghana during a major wildfire that erupted in Pacific Palisades. Bass, who had over 24 hours' notice of the predicted windstorm, returned to Los Angeles after the fires had started and faced criticism for being out of the country during the crisis.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had been attending a cocktail party at the U.S. Embassy in Ghana when the Pacific Palisades fire erupted.last week, Bass had been visiting Ghana in Africa at the time of the wildfires, despite having over 24 hours’ notice ahead of what experts predicted would be the worst windstorm to hit Los Angeles since 2011.
“I was on the phone, on the plane, almost every hour of the flight,” she told reporters recently. “So although I was not physically here, I was in contact with many of the individuals that are standing here throughout the entire time. When my flight landed, I immediately went to the fire zone and saw what happened in Pacific Palisades.”noted that Bass appeared to have been posing for photos around 8 p.m. Ghana time, which would have been 12 p.m. Los Angeles after the fires had started.
“The presidential delegation was hosted by the United States ambassador to Ghana on the way to the plane,” said Bass spokesperson Zach Seidl. “For the majority of the time, the mayor was in a different room on calls from L.A.
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