Mayor Los Angeles Karen Bass, who was under intensive trip to Africa last month in the middle of a fire, refuses to blame for a controversial journey.
“I felt absolutely terrible that I wasn’t here because of my city,” Bass said, Democrat, Fox 11 journalist in Los Angeles in a recent interview.
“Should I say it was a mistake, absolutely. The idea that I was not present was very painful,” she added, saying that the real “preparation did not happen” to inform her ahead of her trip to Gani.
Mayor Karen Bass discusses efforts to recover during a press conference in Pacific Palisades on January 27, 2025. (Drew A. Kelley/Medianews Group/Long Beach Press Telegram via Getty Images)
She said she wouldn’t even travel south to San Diego that she had been assigned an appropriate “preparation” of the danger of fire.
“It didn’t reach me that level to say,” Something terrible could happen and you might not have to go on a trip, “Democrat added.
“I think it’s one of the things we need to look at, everything that happened, including that, should be examined,” she continued, revealing that there are at least two city answers to fires.
The National Meteorological Service threw out the “fire warning time” on January 3, and the mayor went to Africa the next day. Returned only on January 8th, according to Lisica 11 La.
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Crew repair department for a restrained line in front of the Palisades fire, January 14, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The fire in the Pacific Palisadams broke through the community, sleeping thousands of homes and companies.
In another interview with NBC Los Angeles, Bass admitted her African journey She was a “absolute” mistake and what she was doing on the return of public confidence after facing a return reaction because of her response to angry fires in her city last month.
“Absolutely is, and I think I have to show it every day, showing what we do, what they do, what the challenges are,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles when asked if she was trying to “regain confidence.”
Bass was in Gani for the oath of his president when the fires started, although at the time he was known at a high risk of fire. Palisades fire began on January 7th and escalated through the night, but the mayor did not return to town until January 8th, and she did not answer the repeated questions from a Reporter Sky News Upon arrival in the United States.
“Yes, it was an ambush and I wasn’t sure who she was. And that is unhappy because I see the way it looks, like I avoid, but when you get off the plane, you were on a plane for 17 hours and someone hits you with a camera, I wish you We have a better answer in mind, “said the Mayor of Fox 11 Los Angeles when asked about a viral clip.
She also claimed that the Bidel administration asked her to travel to Africa on their behalf during the Fox 11 interview.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass listens to Government Gavin News as she visits firefighting damage. (Mayor Karen Bass/X)
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Over 170,000 people signed a petition of Change.org, urging her to step down as mayor. The situation also resulted in a public critique of the mayor, ranging from former opponent of Democratic Mayor Rick Carus to Liberal Talk Show Leader Bill Maher.
“Mayor La -a, Karen Bass, Nero American politics, rushed to Gani while the city was burning,” ” Said Maher Last month.
Tail. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, suggested that Disney Executive Director Bob Iger He runs for the mayor in 2026. When she was pressed if she personally took Khanna’s comments, Bass shrugged.
“I’m focused only on one thing and just one thing, which is to ensure that our city can recover and renew that all those individuals who lived in Palisadam can go home,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles.
