The recall effort directed toward Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fizzled out on Monday, when a recall measure needed to qualify for the ballot.
Calls for Bass’s recall mounted following her lackluster response to the Los Angeles wildfires in January. The Democratic mayor faced criticism partly for her office’s budget cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department and her initial defense of former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, whom Bass later dismissed over her improper handling of the fires.
The recall effort launched in early March with backing from Silicon Valley philanthropist Nicole Shanahan, the former running mate of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. However, the movement failed to gain traction, even though its petition garnered over 200,000 signatures…