Karen Bass actually said...

"The budget cut did not impact their ability to fight the fire."

"There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days."

"There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation."

"We all know that this has been an unprecedented event. We also know that fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this type of massive devastation, and that the number one problem, especially on..."