Fire Fight: LAFD Chief's Job Safe For Now After Tense Closed-Door Meeting With Mayor

Posted • January 11, 2025: Despite reports to the contrary, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley still has her job - for now. Friday evening she was pulled into a closed-door meeting with Mayor Karen Bass. It’s believed the meeting centered on interviews with the press where Crowley said budget cuts hurt the LAFD’s preparedness to battle the current wildfire crisis. She also openly questioned the competence of city leadership in those interviews. Here’s Crowley’s interview with a local TV news reporter earlier Friday where she made allegations which likely prompted the meeting with the mayor. Chief Crowley confirms she warned the Mayor that the Fire Department would NOT be able to handle potential wildfires, but the Mayor insisted on cuts anyway. -- Reporter: “Did the city fail you?” -- Chief: “Yes.”

LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley was called into a meeting with LA Mayor Karen Bass expecting to be fired but ended up not being fired, according to new reports. Total sh*t show. According to CNN, Crowley still has a job. According to the Daily Mail, who initially reported that Crowley had been fired, “something” happened in the meeting that “changed” minds. “When she was summoned into the meeting, it was with the direct purpose to fire her,” their source said. “Whatever happened in that meeting, minds got changed.” The meeting came hours after Crowley had accused Bass of “failing” the fire department. (…)

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