LAFD tried to protect Mayor Bass in wake of Palisades fires

More from the cited article ...

... While undated, the document was last updated Oct. 7, 2025, a day just before the after-action report was made public, the newspaper reported.

Though the report was unsigned and labeled "for internal use only," the document was produced on LAFD letterhead and included email addresses for fire officials, representatives of Bass' office, as well as public relations consultants, who were hired to help the department with messaging regarding the fire, according to the report. ...

@#5 ... We already know you're just racist MAGAT scum, no need to underline it, dumbass ...

Was that in reference to my #4 comment?

If so, I have an objection.

@#9

OK, thx for the follow-up.

@#11 ... Take it up with the LA Times ...

The LA Times seems to have correctly reported what occurred. And, as an aside, now MSM is OK for you?

OK, that aside...

The headline on this thread says...

Confidential memo reveals how LAFD tried shielding Mayor Bass from fire fallout - Los Angeles Timess

While the headline on this thread says...

LAFD tried to protect Mayor Bass in wake of Palisades fires

Does your current alias see a difference in those two headlines?

And then the details seem to be as I noted in #4.

So, some random internal unsigned internal memo now seems to be a major scandal?

While I do agree that this could me (might be?) a tip of an iceberg, I readily say, what else yer got?

Found this ...

For Bass and LAFD, there's no watering down how bad 2025 has been (December 2025)
www.latimes.com

... 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.

A blistering Times investigation found that the Fire Department cleaned up its after-action report, downplaying missteps.

In other words, there was a blatant attempt to mislead the public.

And Bass representatives said they requested that her comments in the final minutes of a video interview " in which she admitted that "both sides botched it" in the Eaton and Palisades fires " be edited out because she thought the interview had ended.

Please.

Together, these developments will echo through the coming mayoral election, in which Bass will be called out repeatedly over one of the greatest disasters in L.A. history. We're a long way from knowing whether she can survive and win a second term, but Austin Beutner and any other legitimate contenders are being handed gifts that will keep on giving.

In the case of the altered report, kudos to Times reporters Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle, who have been trying all year to keep the LAFD honest, which is no easy task.

In the latest bombshell dropped by the two reporters, they dug up seven drafts of the department's self-analysis, or after-action report, and found that it had been altered multiple times to soften damning conclusions. ...