Los Angeles was still deep in crisis on Jan. 21 when county Supervisor Lindsey Horvath made her frustration known to Mayor Karen Bass.
The Palisades fire was only partially contained. Forecasters had issued a rare alert amid vicious winds, warning that new fires could spark. And the first rain of the season was expected soon, meaning mud and debris could careen down scorched hillsides.
Bass was still struggling to regain her political footing after stumbling badly in the days after the fire broke out. City and county officials had been holding daily news conferences together — until that morning and the previous morning , when Bass spoke to reporters without her county counterparts…