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147,000 Voters Sign Petition to Recall Mayor Karen Bass Due to Her Handling of Palisades, Eton Fires

"Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost,"

More than 92,000 people have signed a Change.org petition as of Sunday morning demanding the resignation of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after two wildfires in the area destroyed about 12,000 homes.

The petition was started by a user named "Frustrated Californian." He accuses Bass of "gross mismanagement" during the natural disaster crisis, and even called her out for not being in the country when the fires started.

Bass took major heat for traveling overseas to Ghana last week, which meant she was thousands of miles away from her city during the initial day of the destruction on Tuesday.

Caught by a reporter in an elevator, LA Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer any questions.

"Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost," the petition reads.

Caught by a reporter in an elevator, LA Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer any questions Monday. https://x.com/RealSaavedra/status/1877624863214440727. "If this were a Republican, this clip would be running on TV 24/7," said Colin Rugg.

The Change.org petition accuses Bass of mishandling the wildfires, noting she was not even in the country when the fires first broke out. Bass was 7,400 miles away in Ghana at the inauguration of the country’s president when the fires started raging on Tuesday.

“We . . . urgently call for the immediate recall of [Bass] due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city,” reads the petition, which was started Wednesday.

“Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost,” the petition adds.

“Families have been displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods shattered — yet Mayor Bass has been absent from the frontlines, choosing to travel abroad while her constituents suffer,” the petition adds.

Nearly 130,000 Californians have faced evacuation orders and at least 16 people had died as a result of the fires. Five wildfires remained active in Los Angeles County on Sunday, including Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst, and Archer. The Palisades fire has been the costliest in Los Angeles history.

 
 

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