Posted on 05/03/2025 2:00:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appeared to be backing away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the city’s fire department after facing massive backlash over the poor response to the deadly wildfires earlier this year.
Last week, Bass released her balanced budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Her proposal included the goal of hiring 227 new positions at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) with approximately half of them being firefighters.
Bass also requested in the proposal that the LAFD Fire Chief take the "necessary steps" to begin consolidating the Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion into the Professional Standards Division, which is expected to remove five "equity and inclusion" positions.
Some thought this move by Bass was inspired by the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives.
"This was Karen Bass cowing to the Trump administration," former fire commissioner Rebecca Ninburg told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. "Chief [Kristen] Crowley was very proud of this, and they are basically eliminating this project during their installation of a whole new regime."
"That’s the beauty of living in L.A. I don’t need to placate anybody over diversity and inclusion," Bass said. "We are looking at doing some reorganization at that level. But we would never roll back the goals. We don’t have any reason to do that at all."
Fox News Digital reached out to the LAFD for comment.
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Slash it? Eliminate it.
“You people were supposed to give me good press. But you let these d**n fires happen and I got a PR disaster!”
Why is she still there
Because the Ghana 5 star hotel junket was over.
Well heck, she hired the best unqualified lesbian she could find!
“But we would never roll back the goals. We don’t have any reason to do that at all.”
“Don’t worry, we’re gonna keep screwing Whitey with everything we’ve got.”
then she high tailed it outta town when she knew a major windstorm was coming which could cause a massive wildfire to happen..but hey she had to go to Ghana and yap it up with their President, heck who can locate Ghana on a map I sure cant
Karen has now said she is cutting her own salary down.
Highly unlikely that anyone will stop working. They may change the persons' titles, departments, job descriptions.
If a democRAT testified that the Sun rises in the East, it would be suspicious.
Mayor Chia Pet
hiring 227 new positions at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) with approximately half of them being firefighters
Only half ... what are the others? Bar wenches, janitors, massage therapists, maids, etc?
What happened to the recall Karen Bass push?
Even a open and avowed Kommie needs a fig leaf, sometimes.
FTA: 227 new positions at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) with approximately half of them being firefighters.
So more bureaucrats. They should hire 227 fireman and mechanics and fire trucks and fix the hydrants.
Cali continues being the home of fruit & nuts. LOL! More popcorn!
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