Karen Bass Says It Was Unfair For Voters To Judge Her Performance Based On That One Time The Entire City Burned Down
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass scolded the city's residents on Friday, saying it was unfair for them to judge her performance on a single isolated incident, like that one time when the entire city burned down.
At a press conference following her loss to Nithya Raman, Bass expressed frustration that political opponents and detractors were focusing disproportionately on the Los Angeles fires last year that converted the entire metropolitan area into ash.
"It was basically just that one time," she said. "It is deeply unfair to evaluate a leader's entire term based on one specific week where every single residential, commercial, and civic structure in the greater metropolitan area happened to catch fire and burn to the ground. Governance is about consistency over time, not obsessing over minor, single-incident anomalies like total urban destruction."
Bass emphasized that, prior to the citywide blaze, her office had achieved notable progress on several minor administrative initiatives, including a revised recycling schedule and a proposal for bicycle lane expansions.
"If you remove the seven-day window where the city became a wall of impenetrable flame, our overall metrics were actually trending quite positively," Bass added. "We must look forward, not dwell on past minor inconveniences."
At publishing time, Los Angeles was reportedly on fire again.
At a press conference following her loss to Nithya Raman, Bass expressed frustration that political opponents and detractors were focusing disproportionately on the Los Angeles fires last year that converted the entire metropolitan area into ash.
"It was basically just that one time," she said. "It is deeply unfair to evaluate a leader's entire term based on one specific week where every single residential, commercial, and civic structure in the greater metropolitan area happened to catch fire and burn to the ground. Governance is about consistency over time, not obsessing over minor, single-incident anomalies like total urban destruction."
Bass emphasized that, prior to the citywide blaze, her office had achieved notable progress on several minor administrative initiatives, including a revised recycling schedule and a proposal for bicycle lane expansions.
"If you remove the seven-day window where the city became a wall of impenetrable flame, our overall metrics were actually trending quite positively," Bass added. "We must look forward, not dwell on past minor inconveniences."
At publishing time, Los Angeles was reportedly on fire again.
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