Email refers to Mayor Bass’s ‘guidance’ of messaging about Palisades Fire after-action report

Questions continue to swirl about just how much control Mayor Karen Bass had over the Los Angeles Fire Department’s messaging regarding the Palisades and Lachman fires.

An email obtained by 7 On Your Side Investigates appears to show the mayor had a lot of sway over when the then-fire chief could speak to reporters regarding a crucial after-action report.

It was Oct. 8 when investigators told us the small New Year’s Day blaze called the Lachman Fire had smoldered underground for a week, and then raged into the Palisades Fire…

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