{"id":18095,"date":"2025-01-12T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18095"},"modified":"2025-01-12T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:04:00","slug":"outraged-la-residents-call-for-immediate-recall-of-mayor-karen-bass-over-wildfires-as-petition-hits-over-86k-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18095","title":{"rendered":"Outraged LA residents call for \u2018immediate recall\u2019 of Mayor Karen Bass over wildfires \u2014 as petition hits over 86K signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Angry Angelenos want to filet this bass.<\/p>\n

More than 86,000 outraged Los Angeles residents demand the ouster of lefty Mayor Karen Bass in a new petition, ripping her \u201cgross mismanagement\u201d in her\u00a0disastrous response<\/a>\u00a0to the devastating\u00a0wildfires ravaging the city<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bass\u2019 handling of the fire has come under heavy criticism.County of Los Angeles<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thousands of people signed a petition demanding Bass\u2019 resignation \u2014 and the number quickly reached more than 76,000 by Saturday night.change.org<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe . . . urgently call for the immediate recall of [Bass] due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city,\u201d reads the\u00a0Change.org petition<\/a>\u00a0created Wednesday, which had amassed more than 65,000 signatures by Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an investigation as firefighters run out of water.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thousands of structures have been destroyed by the fire.ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bass was\u00a07,400 miles away in Africa<\/a>, at the inauguration of Ghana\u2019s president, as flames began engulfing the City of Angels.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFamilies have been displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods shattered \u2013- yet Mayor Bass has been absent from the frontlines, choosing to travel abroad while her constituents suffer,\u201d reads the petition, which calls for \u201ca full, transparent investigation into the failures in disaster preparedness, response, and resource allocation that left [LA] vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Firefighters have been working around the clock to calm the flames.ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bass slashed $17.6 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department\u2019s budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year \u2014 which critics blasted as \u201ca bad call.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nearly 130,000 Californians have been under evacuation orders, and 11 people have perished.<\/p>\n

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