For Bass and LAFD, there’s no watering down how bad 2025 has been
A blistering Times investigation found that the Fire Department cleaned up its after-action report, downplaying missteps.
The LAFD cannot be trusted to honestly and thoroughly investigate itself.
The year was already a debacle for the Los Angeles Fire Department and Mayor Karen Bass, with multiple stumbles before and after the epic January blaze that obliterated Pacific Palisades, so it was hard to imagine that things could get worse in the closing days of 2025.
But they have.