Karen Bass: “I just spoke with many of the workers who were trapped. Thank you to all of our brave first responders who acted…”

I directed city departments to halt plans to rebuild the warehouse until the health and safety of the community are protected.

Residents, public agencies and elected officials have repeatedly sought timely information regarding the cleanup, remediation, environmental monitoring and recovery.

We must rigorously examine whether our policies, training, tactics, supervision and accountability systems are sufficient.

Any bad faith attempts to influence elections should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.