Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has faced a number of criticisms over her leadership amid the wildfires destroying large portions of the city.
First, there was the fact that Bass spent the first part of the crisis several thousand miles away on an entirely separate continent, attending an official trip all the way in Africa as the horrible situation unfolded.
Then, there was the revelation that she had tried to slash almost $49 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department budget one day before the Pacific Palisades fire started.