Epic wildfires scramble California 2026 political landscape
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could face a stiff reelection challenge, and the open-seat governor’s race in California is ...
WFMZ-TV1d
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response
For Mayor Karen Bass, the horror show was compounded by every chief executive's worst nightmare. She was halfway around the globe, on a trip to Ghana as part of a presidential delegation.
The Lima News4d
Mark Figley: L.A. mayor shows Dems’ real priorities
California’s horrendous wildfires may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, costing an estimated $50 billion. At ...
LA Mayor Bass’ political future in turmoil after fire response backlash
Less than two weeks after the start of what has become one of the state’s most destructive natural disasters, Los Angeles ...
The Los Angeles fires expose a web of governments, weak by design
The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the ...
St. Louis American5d
Blaming L.A.’s Black mayor is unconscionable
It was a perfect recipe for a disaster in Los Angeles: 10 months of drought after a summer of record-setting heat. Bone-dry ...
L.A. Wildfires: Dry, dangerous winds are returning to a region primed to burn.
Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as ...
LA protestors rally outside Mayor Karen Bass’ home in wake of catastrophic wildfires: ‘Completely irresponsible’
The demonstration came amid a torrent of controversy surrounding the embattled mayor, with protestors who gathered near her ...
The Sacramento Observer8d
Los Angeles Burned, Now They’re Coming for Karen Bass
Critics also accuse Bass of slashing the Los Angeles Fire Department’s share of the city budget by $23 million, a cut that supposedly caused fire hydrants to run dry and starved brave firefighters of ...
Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass Face Recall Threat. One May Struggle to Survive
Nathan Click, a spokesperson for Newsom, added that "the same group of far-right activists have launched six different recall ...
Fires likely to incinerate the career of Karen Bass
But what about Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass? Disasters offer unexpected leadership tests. Quite frankly, she’s failed it in a ...