Public confidence in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has hit a new low over a month after massive fires devastated her city, according to a new poll .
Just 19% of Los Angeles residents rated the mayor’s response to the fires as excellent or good, per a survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times. That number is a sharp drop from a January poll sponsored by the conservative Los Angeles-based media firm Madison McQueen , which found 37% approved of her handling of the fires.
Both surveys reflect a precipitous decline in goodwill toward Bass after a March 2023 poll showed half of Angelenos approved of her job performance…