Pot, meet kettle.
Los Angeles residents roasted Mayor Karen Bass after she called for LA 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down over his links to Jeffrey Epstein — saying Bass has her own explaining to do.
Critics blasted Bass over reports she softened language in a Palisades Fire after-action report to blunt criticism of the city’s response to the devastating wildfire.
“Karen Bass engaged in a cover up to protect herself from mistakes that contributed to the unprecedented Palisades fire disaster,” wildfire survivor Terry Fahn wrote on X.
“If anyone should step down it is her.”
Bass said during a CNN interview Monday that Wasserman “should step down,” following revelations that he salaciously corresponded with Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
“The board made a decision. I think that was unfortunate. I don’t support the decision. I do think that we need to look at the leadership,” the mayor said.
Angelenos responded by putting her own feet to the fire.
“I call on Mayor Bass to step down after her repeated failures before, during and after the Palisades fire,” wrote another X user who has been critical of the mayor’s fire response.
Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games during the 145th IOC Session REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane REUTERS
One of the most damning edits in the after-action report involved language acknowledging insufficient resources to “suppress a wind-driven vegetation fire,” with the department attempting to be “fiscally responsible by not fully augmenting and pre-deploying all available resources in preparation for a rare wind event.”
Bass has faced more criticism for her reported attempt to control the administration’s messaging around the Palisades Fire.
In one instance, a Los Angeles Fire Department aide advised the mayor’s office that more interviews with the fire chief “could invite a high volume of challenging questions” and would be “contingent on the Mayor’s direction,” the Los Angeles Times reported.