The mayor of Los Angeles says “Hell Yeah”, she regrets the trip to Ghana during forest fires

The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, continued to express his regrets for his controversial trip to Ghana before devastating fires earlier this year in a recent interview with Vice News.

“I was asked:” Do I regret going? “Hell yeah. Vice Earlier this month.

“I really do not try to give excuses, but there was no means in the world that I knew that the city was in danger when I left,” she added later. “Absolutely no way. And if you think about it, if you take a step backwards, and because I asked the chef on my return, you know, like” why didn’t you tell me? “And fundamentally, the answer was” because we santa anas all the time and no one expected hurricane winds. ” »»

The mayor faced a meticulous examination of the visit of the presidential delegation in Africa, even if there were warnings in advance in advance. THE Los Angeles Times reported that his team was aware of the risk of fire before his trip.

She ended up returning the next day after the fires began to tear the Los Angeles districts, like the Pacific Palisades, where thousands of buildings were destroyed.

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The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, addressed his regret for his trip to Ghana during the fires of Los Angeles. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

“Well, I want to be honest with you. Well, I was not informed. It is true. But I think that again, people did not plan the historic wind. And it was not only there. It was also the county.”

“What is generally happening is that if there is a major meteorological event, there are these briefs that occur and, uh, it is launched by the fire service or the emergency service,” she said. “I was used to the head of the firefighters who calls me and saying to me, you know, it is about to happen. Come. Come. I need to make you inform and everything, you know, everything happens in motion. It did not happen in the county, which means that and the county.”

On her return flight, she said she was on the phone almost the entire 12-hour flight to the United States from Ghana.

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The consequences of the fire in the Pacific palisades and along the Pacific Coast road. The officials said that at least 10 people had been killed in all Los Angeles fires and that 5,300 structures were destroyed in the fire of the Palisades. (David Hume Kennerly / Getty Images)

“Well, they tell me what’s going on in the fire. We have prepared the declaration of emergency. They spoke to the mayor, the president of the council who serves as an acting mayor while I left. I did not remember if I told him or not, but because there were just a lot of telephone calls. Sometimes. Plane, and she did not realize that the Sky News, was even on the flight.

Bass ousted the head of the fire department of Los Angeles, Kristin Crowley, of his post in February, and Crowley called on his withdrawal.

“Our firefighters support Chef Crowley because she defended men and women in our department,” said Los Angeles united firefighters.

In the interview, Bass said there were “lies” on the budget and the firefighters.

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The Pali high school is resting in front of houses destroyed in the fire of the Palisades in the Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2025. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“Yes, there were broken firefighters. We later discover that these fire trucks were broken because they are used for spare parts. But there were 40 firefighters who were inactive because they did not have the staff (Crowley) returned to his home. And the budget cut and I do not know the reasons, then the budgetary cut which never happened”, ” She added.

“Yes,” replied Crowley notably in an interview at the time of fires when asked if the city management “failed it” with regard to resources.

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“What we have done when we made the budget is that we put money aside for fire because we were in the work negotiations. If the budget was signed before, but when the work negotiations were carried out, we bring it back in the budget. What is a common thing. We are doing it right now,” said Bass.

Asked about the after-action report for the fire, Bass said she would look and see, but they should be finished now. “”

Fox News Digital contacted the Bass and Crowley office. Fox News Digital also contacted the Los Angeles fire service, but they did not immediately comment.