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Ok, I understand some of the criticism now. 1.) She cut funding to the fire department budget by millions of dollars. 2.) There is a video floating around where
by throwbacktictac 2y ago
Ok, I understand some of the criticism now. 1.) She cut funding to the fire department budget by millions of dollars. 2.) There is a video floating around where she is totally unresponsive to questions.
- sahila 2y agoShe cut some 2% of the LA fire department budget, 17M out of 837M. The outrage is politically fueled more than any rationale reasoning.
- X0Refraction 2y agoIs that reduction absolute or real terms? If it's absolute then that's a pretty large reduction considering inflation
- ProcNetDev 2y ago"That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years." https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-karen-bass-extended-honeymoon-00197228 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-...
- consumer451 2y agoSeeing people blame the fires on "DEI" is making my head exploded. The fact that otherwise intelligent people are eating it up has made me give up for a generation. It is a truly depressing state of affairs.
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