Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Karen Bass

Plus: The near death of starter-home reform in Texas, Colorado's pending ban on rent-recommendation software, and a very Catholic story of eminent domain abuse.

Reason

Brickbats: June 2025

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Reason

Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing laying off over 1,600 government workers to close a yawning budget gap

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Slow and Steady

Despite politicians touting progress, Los Angeles has only issued three permits for wildfire rebuilds and debris removal is expected to drag on for many months.

Reason

Text messages reveal communication between LA mayor in Ghana and staffers in US as deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California

L.A. mayor Karen Bass was hit with technical issues in Ghana while trying to communicate with her staff in the U.S.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles moves to take control of homelessness agency, citing audits that found reckless spending

Los Angeles officials have moved to take control of hundreds of millions of dollars in homelessness spending after two scathing audits found the government agency currently responsible for that money has spent it recklessly and without transparency

The Independent UK

Los Angeles’s projected $1bn budget shortfall will lead to layoffs, officials say

Major cuts ‘nearly inevitable’ as Mayor Karen Bass warns no department is ‘too precious’ to pass over for reductions

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Brickbat: Up in Smoke

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been deleting her text messages, including those from Jan. 7-8, 2025, when she was… The post Brickbat: Up in Smoke appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Former LA fire chief loses appeal to win her job back after destructive wildfires

Council rejects Kristin Crowley’s bid and backs decision of mayor, who said firing was in best interest of public safety

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles fire chief dismissed after historic wildfire seeks to regain position

The former Los Angeles fire chief ousted by Mayor Karen Bass after the most destructive wildfire in city history is seeking to reclaim her job

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Government Transparency

The Los Angeles Times reports that the office of Mayor Karen Bass has been editing Q&A sessions from news conference… The post Brickbat: Government Transparency appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Los Angeles Officials' Response To Devastating Wildfires Revealed

Learn about the challenges faced by Los Angeles officials in responding to destructive wildfires and the subsequent changes in leadership.

Top News

Los Angeles mayor axes fire chief and slams her for sending firefighters home morning of Palisades blaze

Mayor Karen Bass said 1,000 available firefighters were not dispatched after flames ignited last month

The Independent UK

LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Fortune

‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades

The secret is out, but the charred remains of LA neighborhoods still might not be enough to change the Golden State’s approach to housing.

Capital & Main

Los Angeles Developer Agrees to Meet With Tenants Facing Displacement

Mayor Karen Bass expedited the project to help combat the city’s housing crisis. But these renters are fighting to stay in their homes.

The Independent UK

LA wildfire recovery czar will work for free after backlash to proposed $500K salary for 3 months

Steve Soboroff is a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as chief recovery officer for the city’s wildfire comeback

The Independent UK

Famed California Pacific Coast Highway reopens a month after wildfires tore through Los Angeles

The Pacific Coast Highway is back open in Malibu, California, nearly a month after the deadly Palisades Fire

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Trump says Melania will be taking on a ‘more public facing role’ in new administration

‘Well, I think she was always very much involved, but you didn’t see her — more behind the scenes’, the President told reporters during a press gaggle

The Guardian - US

Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?

Experts suggest that replicating the conditions that saw neighorhoods burn to the ground may not be the best policy

The Independent UK

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass says her brother lost his home in the Palisades fire

The mayor said the loss of the property was a ‘trauma that will be with us for a long time’

Fortune

California republicans push back after House speaker threatens to saddle wildfire aid with conditions

Several Republicans who narrowly won California House seats in November have expressed dismay.

The Guardian - US

New California fire spurs evacuations as residents endure dangerous winds

Hughes fire ignites north of Los Angeles late Wednesday morning as Eaton and Palisades fires burn for third week

Fortune

California faces more fire risk and strong winds but potential rain coming over the weekend

A small number of residents were allowed to return to the devastated Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas and firefighters quickly controlled small blazes that broke out.

The Independent UK

Fire risk and strong winds continue in Southern California with potential rain on the horizon

Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of killer wildfires

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Los Angeles Times

Southern California Edison

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.