FIRED L.A. FIRE CHIEF SUES MAYOR

By Bob Walsj

 

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley and Mayor Karen Bass speak to reporters at a news conference on devastating wildfires around the LA area, on Jan. 11, 2025.

 

Kirsten Crowley was formerly the Fire Chief of Los Angeles.  She was sacked by Mayor Karen Bass, allegedly for incompetent response to the L A fires 13 months ago.  There is some reason to believe she was actually fired for having the affrontery to call out the mayor for inadequate funding of her department and refusing to go along with whitewashing a report on the fire response to make Mayor Bass look good, or at least less bad.  

She has just filed suit against the mayor asserting that she was fired inappropriately and illegally.