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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 6042652" data-attributes="member: 48469">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-10-25-hnk[/URL]<h2>After criticizing department funding, LA fire chief met Friday with mayor, source says</h2>&quot;Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a meeting Friday afternoon with Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, a source familiar with the meeting said.It comes after Crowley said earlier today that city officials failed her department by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/us/mayor-karen-bass-la-fires-criticism/index.html" target="_blank">slashing its budget by $17 million</a> — a decision that she said is now negatively affecting the agency’s ability to battle the raging wildfires in the county.Over 100 fire apparatus are out of service, the fire chief said. The budget cuts eliminated civilian positions such as mechanics which has and “will continue to severely impact our ability to repair apparatus,” Crowley told CNN’s Jake Tapper.“We can no longer sustain where we are. We do not have enough firefighters,” Crowley said.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 6042652, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-10-25-hnk[/URL] [HEADING=1][B][SIZE=5]After criticizing department funding, LA fire chief met Friday with mayor, source says[/SIZE][/B][/HEADING] "Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a meeting Friday afternoon with Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, a source familiar with the meeting said. It comes after Crowley said earlier today that city officials failed her department by [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/us/mayor-karen-bass-la-fires-criticism/index.html']slashing its budget by $17 million[/URL] — a decision that she said is now negatively affecting the agency’s ability to battle the raging wildfires in the county. Over 100 fire apparatus are out of service, the fire chief said. The budget cuts eliminated civilian positions such as mechanics which has and “will continue to severely impact our ability to repair apparatus,” Crowley told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “We can no longer sustain where we are. We do not have enough firefighters,” Crowley said." [/QUOTE]

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