The Los Angeles Fire Department has announced its first-ever diversity, equity and inclusion bureau, in an effort to help change a department culture historically notorious for bullying firefighters based on gender and race.
Its DEI bureau will consist of three members when it officially launches in January. It will be led by Deputy Chief Stephan Gutierrez, serving as Chief Equity Officer. The launch comes around the one-year mark since its first ever female fire chief, Kristin Crowley, was appointed.
Leadership changed with Crowley's appointment, and Larson supports the new DEI initiative. As the department changes, outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti acknowledges the work ahead. He's confident his successor, mayor-elect Karen Bass, shares the same vision. She didn't feel the same level of hostility fellow firefighters have described, but she is in the minority. An LAFD-wide survey asked about the lived experiences of people who work within the department. The majority of the feedback was negative.
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