Karen Bass

Nothing warranted the raids.

He had absolutely positively no reason to even say that.

didn’t inherit a crisis — he created one.

As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place.

we will not stand for this.

displaced residents can use recreational vehicles, tiny homes, modular structures or mobile homes

Bringing new leadership to the fire department is what our city needs.

the problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity.

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

Rest assured, we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or to hold accountable any body department, individual, et cetera.

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

I've been in constant contact with our fire commanders, with county, state and federal officials. I took the fastest route back, which included being on a military plane, which facilitated our communications.

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 Wednesday, was the fact that we…

There is already a real focus on the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, and what could have been done differently.

Make no mistake, Los Angeles will rebuild stronger than ever.

I spoke with President Biden today, and Governor Newsom earlier today, and they assured me of full federal and state support.

Absolutely detestable violence.

Those involved in launching fireworks at other people, spraying chemicals and physically assaulting others will be found arrested and prosecuted. Free speech will be protected. Violence and bigotry will not -- will not.

Let me be clear: this storm is a serious weather event. This has the potential to be a historic storm.

the violence unacceptable and calling on people here to really just calm down and stand together as Angelenos in the face of what we're seeing worldwide

Our biggest concern is tremendous rainfall in a very short period of time.

We're asking people to stay home, to be safe.

Definitely, our biggest concern is tremendous rainfall in a very short period of time.

Yes. Yes, we're asking people to stay home, to be safe.