California Caught Off Guard By Massive Fires After LA Fire Dept Spent Years Pushing ‘Racial Equity’
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Nope, why don’t you look it up and tell us why they didn’t get more water available in the reservoirs and have more controlled fires?
A. I didn't make any unsubstantiated claims.
B. I'm not the one complaining and making accusations.
C. As soon as you provide the specifics to which you and your ilk are up in arms about, I'll be more than happy to discuss further.
Slow it down Joe, not everything in the world revolves around this fake climate crisis.
The New Green Deal is going to be dead in just a couple of weeks.
Start with the smelt dude and protected wildlife.
My complaint is on behalf of the people and families that have lost their homes, lives, and livelihoods. But I've never lived there nor provided you articles, laws and policy numbers.
Oh good grief. I'm not even a Hawkeye and was kicked off my own board, so I decided to troll here, ... i want everyone to know
i have brainfail like pedo-joe
and I recommend everyone read the article below
Evacuated Pasadena Resident Goes Nuclear on Failed Democrat Policies, Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass Amid Most Destructive Fire in History (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
A Pasadena resident's fiery remarks against Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass highlight growing frustration with political leadership during crises. Discover the full story behind his passionate outburst.www.thegatewaypundit.com
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) committed significant resources to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives before the outbreak of massive fires that devastated the Los Angeles area overnight.
The LAFD has implemented an internal “racial equity plan,” subjected employees to diversity training and is currently led by Chief Kristin Crowley, “the first female and LGBTQ Fire Chief in the LAFD” and a staunch supporter of the initiatives. As strong winds fed the wildfires on Tuesday evening, former Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso reported that some fire hydrants were running low on water as the department scrambled to mobilize firefighters.
I lived in Caleftornia for much longer than you, and you don't know shit about the state, or reality in general. You are an expert in abusing children though.
Gay Choirs, Trans Cafes And Social Justice Art: What LA Spent Money On While Cutting Its Fire Budget
He likely is, but I at least wanted to give him, and you for that matter, an opportunity to present your case with verifiable data points and specific policies you feel have led to what we're seeing in LA.
Can you define significant resources? Are you saying that instead of attending fire fighting training, firefighters attended DEI training instead. if so, to what extent, how many hours? As far as monies spent, can you post a dollar amount of the overall budget that went towards this that if not spent would be positively affecting what's happening with the LA fires currently?
I work for AT&T and required to take annual DEI training, and I'm pretty certain AT&T has spent some money to develop that training. However, despite the fact that I find it personally unnecessary, it has not impacted my work productivity or my company's bottom line one bit.
THANK YOU! Finally some data points. That's all I was ever asking for. Who knows, I may agree with you.
Now, if you give me some time to read through it and make an attempt to verify the data, I would appreciate it. On a cursory glance, I would argue that it's not what they spent the money on, it's that the money was spent, regardless. If this money was spent on a play about John Wayne's life, and a Morgan Wallen concert, I would hope the argument would be the same. I live in texas, so those things could actually happen here. Lol
Thank you for allowing me some time to research.
My Sources (man, I wish y'all would get better at providing yours):
- Los Angeles FY 2024-2025 Budget: City of Los Angeles Official Site & Budget Summary 👈really look at this one.
- LAFD Strategic Plan 2023-2026: Los Angeles Fire Department
- CAL FIRE Overview: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Let's break this thing down, brother!
Claim 1: Los Angeles cut $17.6 million from the LAFD budget for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Okay, so according to Los Angeles FY 2024-2025 Budget (see link abovu), the LAFD budget was reduced by $17.6 million. However, it’s critical to note whether this reduction was from operational funds or other line items like capital expenditures. Mayor Bass claimed the reductions wouldn’t have affected wildfire response, suggesting the cuts were unrelated to staffing, equipment, or emergency services. Feel free to look at a complete breakdown of the LAFD budget to clarify the specifics.
Claim 2: The city allocated funds to programs like the Midnight Stroll Transgender Café and the Gay Men’s Chorus while cutting the fire budget.
Okay, I'll admit that I didn't know what this was, "$100,000 to the Midnight Stroll Transgender Café" It turns out this supports unsheltered transgender individuals.Let the record show they spend 5x that for the Kids First Program ($500K). I encourage you to look at all the other programs that exceeded this mere $100k...hint we're talking millions towards programs I'm certain you'd support.
Based on the full budget data provided, the Midnight Stroll Transgender Café is #123 out of the 189 line items in the list as far as cost (aka: near the bottom of cost).
Claim 3: The LAFD’s strategic priorities place DEI ahead of technological innovations and disaster recovery.
Sure, The LAFD's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan does emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The plan highlights goals like recruitment from diverse communities and promoting an equitable work environment. However, this emphasis doesn’t mean operational readiness is deprioritized. Sections of the plan focus on enhancing response times, improving firefighter safety, and updating infrastructure, which are central to disaster recovery. Ranking "technological innovations" lower doesn’t mean they’re ignored; it reflects prioritization based on current needs and funding.
Claim 4: Social justice and cultural programs received funding while the fire department’s budget was cut.
Yup, cultural and social justice programs, including $170,000 for “Social Justice Art-Worker Investments”, were funded.
These allocations are standard in municipal budgets, which balance infrastructure, emergency services, and cultural investments.
The fire department’s budget cut isn’t directly related to these smaller allocations. Most likely, the reduction reflects broader fiscal constraints.
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What I found to be key context missing in your article is State vs. Local Responsibility. Wildfire prevention often involves state-level agencies (e.g., CAL FIRE) more than local fire departments. LAFD’s budget adjustments likely wouldn’t prevent or significantly mitigate wildfires driven by climate and geography. And comparative spending...see my comment about the Kids First Program. $17.6 million is a small fraction of LAFD’s total budget. For perspective, LAFD’s 2023 budget exceeded $1 billion, suggesting operational capacity isn’t significantly affected by the reduction.
Plot it all out for us Professor. Some of us don't need all that nerd shit to know how we got here.
Could expand a little more on what specifically you mean when stating wildfires driven by climate and geography?
Post #95 does just that. (and I think you do, because you haven't actually read the budget, someone pulled out a few line items to paint a narrative and y'all bit right down on it)
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Are you still upset about the $100K for the cafe'? It represents approximately 0.0104% of the overall budget. If that 100K was back in the budget, would the fire be out by now?
I know they spent effort on DEI when they should've spent more on insuring safety.
Who does this? ^ lol I mean who the **** who claims to have a job and family goes to all this trouble to carry water for such evil? This is absolutely nuts is what it is............
They have no one to blame but themselves. It's very sad.
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I'm not saying you're wrong or I disagree. I'm just trying to figure out how much the complaint is about. $64.25 million was put towards safety and $100K was put towards a trans cafe' and all I've read is how that has hampered firefighting efforts.
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The fire budget was increased, in case you missed that part. Posted pages ago for you.
It's not a data point.
It's propaganda. Politico already wrote up about the FD budget. Been posted by myself and I believe two other people already.
Since most of the fire hydrants didn't have water it would be pretty accurate to say it must be a policy.
Bass also took heat from far-left activists online, who accused the mayor of cutting the fire department’s budget in order to pay for a costly new contract with the city’s police. Also weighing in against her was Patrick Soon-Shiong, the politically idiosyncratic owner of the Los Angeles Times, who echoed the attack, posting on X that “the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M.”
That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years.
I thought we already had this conversation. I am not at home with my family. I'm in a hotel room bored...I visit the client site in the evenings because we can't have network interruptions. During the day I have a few teams calls to listen in on and that's pretty much it. I fly back tomorrow to San Antonio. If you'd like, I can give you my flight info so we can go grab a bite.
JUST IN: Arsonists caught on camera setting fires in Santa Monica... - Revolver News
It's starting to feel like the "end times" in California.
revolver.news
Yeah, we know. I guess you somehow know more about the fires than the people who've actually been affected by them.
Leftist Hollywood Actors are Now Blasting Incompetent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as City's Wildfire Crisis Worsens | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
As wildfires ravage Los Angeles, Hollywood's elite are calling out Mayor Karen Bass for her handling of the crisis. Discover the escalating tensions and their implications.
www.thegatewaypundit.com
Busted, this guy is your policy and datapoint.
www.tmz.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom Confronted by CA Wildfire Victim, Demands to Talk to the President
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom tried to use President Biden as a shield when a distraught wildfire victim confronted him Thursday -- but his efforts kinda blew up in his face.
www.tmz.com
Despite having never voted for a Democrat in the presidential election, I guess you're right, I'm a full blown leftist.Yeah, we know. I guess you somehow know more about the fires than the people who've actually been affected by them.
Leftist Hollywood Actors are Now Blasting Incompetent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as City's Wildfire Crisis Worsens | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
As wildfires ravage Los Angeles, Hollywood's elite are calling out Mayor Karen Bass for her handling of the crisis. Discover the escalating tensions and their implications.
I live in Texas (a red state), so let me ask you this, during the 2022 Texas Snowpacalypse, we were all living under Right Policies, but yet the entire power infrastructure failed leaving 4.5 million people without power and 246 people died. Why didn't I see a bunch of you complaining about the Right Policies that failed? ERCOT didn't spend any money on DEI, so why didn't that save us?
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Or pulling 13 million from the fire departments budget and using much or what was left on DEI training, or not filling the reservoirs, or not allowing water to be moved from Northern California to the south. Just to name more liberal nonsense.
DEI manager for LAFD makes over $400k per year. How many real firefighters is that, or how much other equipment over the past couple of years. Of course it's got nothing to do with a fire today, but that decision certainly feeds into how ready they are to respond
