Corrupt LA Mayor Karen Bass Secretly Altered Official Palisades Fire Report To Hide Failures & Decrease LA’s Legal Liability

Corrupt LA Mayor Karen Bass has been busted for secretly editing the official Palisades Fire response report to hide the failures of Gavin Newsom and herself, and decrease their legal liability for their intentional “failures” that killed at least 12 people and allowed 16,000 homes and structures to burn.

“What I observed, wasn’t simply a difficult fire under extreme conditions, it was a PREDICTABLE OUTCOME of a break down in leadership, preparedness, and command discipline.” – Fire Chief Patrick Butler

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisades Fire response report to downplay the failures made by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted, a new report said.

Bass, after seeing an early draft of the after-action report, wanted key findings of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings scrubbed or watered down — and even warned then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva the unedited conclusions could expose the city to legal liability, sources close to the Democrat’s staff told the Los Angeles Times.

Bass was cautioned that the self-serving tweaks in with the report was a “bad idea” that could torpedo her political career, but still withheld the working draft until after changes were made, insiders told the Times.

The official report, released in October, cut a section from the initial version exposing the LAFD’s choice not to fully staff or pre-deploy all available crews despite forecasts of catastrophic winds because it didn’t align with city policy, the outlet reported.

It instead commended department brass for going “above and beyond” with a standard “pre-deployment matrix,” despite the fire leveling over 16,000 homes and structures, causing $150 billion in damages, and killing 12 people.

Bass has repeatedly denied having anything to do with the edits — but the sources claimed that’s a lie.

“The mayor didn’t tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report,” sources told the outlet.

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