On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated that the failure to pre-deploy firefighters to the Palisades was a crucial factor in the dismissal of Kristin Crowley as chief of the LAFD, but “we all know I am the Mayor, and the buck stops with me. However, if I find something that is deficient in a leader in a department, then it is my responsibility to make that change.”
Host Elex Michaelson asked, “You got rid of Kristin — or demoted Kristin Crowley, who was the chief of the LAFD at the time of the Palisades fire, because of her performance, according to you. So, essentially, why were no firefighters pre-deployed to the Palisades?”
Bass responded, “Well, that was a key issue, a key factor that led to the change that took place. Now, –.”…