Angry Angelenos want to filet this bass.
More than 86,000 outraged Los Angeles residents demand the ouster of lefty Mayor Karen Bass in a new petition, ripping her “gross mismanagement” in her disastrous response to the devastating wildfires ravaging the city.
Bass’ handling of the fire has come under heavy criticism. County of Los Angeles
Thousands of people signed a petition demanding Bass’ resignation — and the number quickly reached more than 76,000 by Saturday night. change.org“We . . . urgently call for the immediate recall of [Bass] due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city,” reads the Change.org petition created Wednesday, which had amassed more than 65,000 signatures by Saturday morning.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an investigation as firefighters run out of water. Getty Images
Thousands of structures have been destroyed by the fire. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGABass was 7,400 miles away in Africa, at the inauguration of Ghana’s president, as flames began engulfing the City of Angels.
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The three fires still burning in LA as of Tuesday — Hurst, Palisades and Eaton — and the acreage they have burned. New York Post“Families have been displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods shattered –- yet Mayor Bass has been absent from the frontlines, choosing to travel abroad while her constituents suffer,” reads the petition, which calls for “a full, transparent investigation into the failures in disaster preparedness, response, and resource allocation that left [LA] vulnerable.”
Firefighters have been working around the clock to calm the flames. ZUMAPRESS.comBass slashed $17.6 million from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year — which critics blasted as “a bad call.”
Nearly 130,000 Californians have been under evacuation orders, and 11 people have perished.
