Karen Bass' Haters Are Misguided, Says Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has an enthusiast vocal ally in her corner amid the backlash over her response to the wildfires -- and it’s none other than the mayor of Inglewood, a city that adjoins L.A.

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00:00L.A. is really going through it right now with all these fires. I mean, what do you

00:06have to say to all those people, you know, affected by this?

00:09I did 37 years in law enforcement. Went through riots, earthquakes, and fires. Fires are the

00:15worst because they erase civilizations. They erase memories. And I just feel so bad for

00:21everybody that's going through this right now.

00:24I know right now a lot of people are kind of a little upset with Karen Bass. I mean,

00:28there's like a petition going around about her resignation. I mean, what, I mean, do

00:33the people have a right to be upset at her? Or, I mean, being that she didn't know that

00:37this fire was going to happen, I mean, I just want to know your thoughts.

00:40First of all, anyone that would be mad at Karen Bass is entirely misguided. She's one

00:46of the most conscientious, competent elected officials I've ever met. The last two years

00:52she's been the mayor, I've been the mayor in Inglewood. And people just don't understand

00:56that this situation was far more than the city of Los Angeles. It was the Eaton fire,

01:02the Palisades fire. The fire was on Pacific Coast Highway. Did you know there are 4,700

01:07personnel from all over the county and the state fighting these fires right now? There

01:12are insufficient resources in the city of Los Angeles to handle this alone. So, no,

01:18anybody that's mad at Karen Bass is completely misguided. Excellent administrator. And they

01:23should be very proud of Sheriff Luna and Chief Maroney from the county fire department.

01:28Those three together, along with Jim McDonald, chief of LAPD, have done an excellent job

01:33in an impossible situation. So you think she's doing a great job? I think she's doing an

01:38outstanding job. It was unfortunate that she didn't get all the information she needed

01:43in the beginning, because she would never have left. She's a very conscientious person.

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