Combat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass revealed that her brother had lost her home in Malibu in forest fires in Palisades, which he still rages.
Bass, which was widely ridiculed by the unpreparedness of her city for devastating fires, revealed the news during the Zoom Community Council of the Pakific Palisades Council on Thursday.
“The loss you go through, I share indirectly. He hit my family too,” Bass said in front of about 1000 participants, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Mayor Los Angeles Karen Bass revealed that her brother had lost her home in Malibu in forest fires in Palisades, who is still raging. (AP/Getty)
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“My brother, who has lived in Malibu for 40 years, has gone through many fires, evacuated many times – this time he has not escaped,” she said.
Democrat She said that my brother’s house was “my family house where we went to the holidays” and that the loss of home is “a kind of shock and sadness that is a trauma that will follow us for a long time.”
The Palisades fire broke out on January 7th and lit more than 23,000 hectares, destroying more than 900 buildings and killing 11 people. From Friday morning, 72%were restrained, according to Cal Fire.
Meanwhile, Eaton Fire He burned 14,000 hectares and was restrained by 95 %, while Hughes’s fire, which broke out on Wednesday, burned more than 10,000 hectares and was restrained by 56 %, according to Cal Fire.
Bass faced sharp criticism for traveling abroad despite the fire warnings and her reaction after returning. She attended a cocktail of an embassy in Gana when a fire broke out as part of a delegation sent by Biden’s administration to the inauguration of Ganski President John Dramania Mahamme.
On January 2, a few days before Bass traveled to Ghana, the National Meteorological Service warned of the potential for “extreme fire weather” because of Santa Ana winds.
The helicopter casts water on a fire by Palisades at the Mandeville Canyon, January 11, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent)
Just a few days later, on January 7th, Palisades was burning, and the residents were ordered to be evacuated. She seemed to posed for photos just before 8pm local time, which was 12 hours in Los Angeles, writes Los Angeles Times.
It also came to light that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). warned Bass last month If he had been reduced by a budget of nearly $ 18 million, he was pushing him into “unprecedented operating challenges” that would interfere with his ability to respond to emergency emergency cases such as forest fires.
Budget measures were signed by Bass, and she denied that the cuts had prevented the city’s response.
Bass said there would be time to assess the answer later.
Famous people, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patricia Heaton and Jillian Michaels, called Bassa to responsibility, Governor Gavin Newsand the state leadership of California.
California Governor Gavin News, right, and Mayor Los Angeles Karen Bass, left, are criticized for lack of willingness and reaction to fires. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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HBO leader Bill Maher also sharply criticized local officials and accused them of giving the advantage of Dei’s initiatives over a competent response to fires. President Donald Trump was also critical of Bass and Newsom, accusing them of “great incompetence.” Trump even suggested to resign News to the post of governor, and the locals also asked why the hydrants were empty.
Trump argued that the lack of forest management and Newsom’s reported refusal was to contribute to one of the most devastating forest fires in the history of the state.
Trump is expected to visit Golden State on Friday.
Rachel Wolf and Stepheny Price from Fox News contributed to this report.
