✪ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), who was on a trip to Ghana when fire first broke out engulfing large portions of the city, cut nearly $20 million from the city’s budget for fire services for the current fiscal year and proposed even higher cuts…
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iven the state of current events now transpiring in Los Angeles, even the most die-hard woke citizenry living there would probably take competence over diversity given the choice.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), who was on a trip to Ghana when fire engulfed large portions of the city, cut nearly $20 million from the city’s budget for fire services for the current fiscal year — and proposed even higher cuts.
As the Westside Current reported in April 2024, Bass proposed about $23 million in cuts to the Fire Department:
Significantly, the proposal described by Bass a “reset,” includes $65 million in cuts to her signature Inside Safe homelessness program; an increase of more than $138 million for the Los Angeles Police Department; and a decrease of about $23 million for the L.A. Fire Department.
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However, the proposal would increase funding for the Fire Department to support the Emergency Appointment Paramedic Program, with city officials noting the LAFD responds to more calls for service related to medical emergencies than other categories.
In addition, another $2.5 million would bring new equipment and technology updates for the LAFD, prompted by the aftermath fire beneath the Santa Monica I-10 Freeway which forced a temporary closure of the road.
The final budget that was approved by the L.A. City Council included $17.5 million in cuts to the fire department. $13 million of that came from cuts to operating supplies, while there were also large cuts to salaries.
In the 2023-4 fiscal year, the fire department actually underspent its budget by about $18 million ($819 million versus $837 million). That seems to have given the city cover to reduce the department’s 2024-5 budget to nearly the exact same level.
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is used to shattering glass ceilings. She isn’t only the first openly LGBTQ+ person to the lead the department, but also the first woman.
However, people are noticing Los Angeles is now on fire. And it’s true, but more importantly that’s really breaking all sorts of ceilings. And not just with fire, but also with diversity.
“Countless people come up and say because you’re out there being who you are and your proud of who you are, that gives them strength,” said Crowley.
Crowley continues:
“I am different, but there’s a lot of difference everywhere in the world. Within the fire service, within the LAFD. I turned it around and looked at it as a true advantage. These other areas I represent from sexual orientation to my gender, to my upbringings. We all our different, but that’s a strength of ours.”
Crowley is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and says the LAFD has come a long way in terms of inclusion adding there’s a ways to go. Crowley believes the more diverse the LAFD, the better the department is at serving a city as diverse as Los Angeles.
I think maybe having a bunch of people who know how to fight fires would work better. As it has for all these many years:
However, the LAFD went DEI. And in the process probably also drove away countless qualified firefighters.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti today, alongside Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, launched the Los Angeles Fire Department’s first-ever Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bureau (DEI) focused on ensuring a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all. Mayor Garcetti said:
“We believe in, and are committed to, justice in Los Angeles — and we focus an equity lens on every aspect of our work. The Bureau of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion will help to ensure that our progress is permanent and we’re always moving forward with a city government and institutions that reflect and value our diversity.”
In January 2022, Mayor Garcetti appointed Chief Crowley, the first woman to lead the City’s Fire Department. This year, of the more than 6,500 applicants to LAFD, 70% were people of color and nearly 8% of candidates were female, which is double the current percentage of female firefighters within the Department.
Said Fire Chief Kristin Crowley:
“The LAFD is fully committed to creating positive change. With the new DEI Bureau, the Department will develop and drive forward key diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies and initiatives to enhance the LAFD’s work environment and performance. We will maximize our efforts to build and promote a culture where our diversity is truly valued and our work environment is safe and supportive for all.”
Right now, I think even the most die-hard woke citizenry in LA would take competence over diversity. ✪
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