Democrat Mayor Karen Bass, a far-left whose insurance policies have already pushed LA right into a crime-ridden, homeless-infested dystopia, has now fired Los Angeles Hearth Division (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley—her personal handpicked DEI fireplace chief—following the catastrophic response to lethal wildfires.
Bass, determined to shift blame from her personal administration’s failures, introduced the elimination of Crowley in an announcement Tuesday, claiming it was “in one of the best pursuits of Los Angeles’ public security.”
However let’s be actual—that is nothing greater than an act of political scapegoating by weak management.
Bass launched an announcement previous to the information convention.
“Performing in one of the best pursuits of Los Angeles’ public security, and for the operations of the Los Angeles Hearth Division, I’ve eliminated Kristin Crowley as Hearth Chief,” Mayor Bass stated.
“We all know that 1,000 firefighters that might have been on obligation on the morning the fires broke out had been as an alternative despatched residence on Chief Crowley’s watch. Moreover, a needed step to an investigation was the President of the Hearth Fee telling Chief Crowley to do an after motion report on the fires. The Chief refused. These require her elimination.
The heroism of our firefighters – throughout the Palisades fireplace and each single day – is with out query. Bringing new management to the hearth division is what our metropolis wants.”
“Whereas the Division is within the skilled and knowledgeable fingers of Chief Villanueva, my workplace will lead a nationwide search and I’ll communicate instantly with firefighters and Angelenos about what they need to see of their subsequent everlasting chief,” Mayor Bass added.
Performing in one of the best pursuits of Los Angeles’ public security, and for the operations of the Los Angeles Hearth Division, I’ve eliminated Kristin Crowley as Hearth Chief.
1,000 firefighters had been despatched residence on Chief Crowley’s watch the day the fires broke out.
Chief Crowley refused to…
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) February 21, 2025
This firing was initially leaked a month in the past, however Bass refuted the reviews that she fired the LA chief.
The Day by day Mail reported that Los Angeles Hearth Division Chief Kristin Crowley was summoned by Bass at a gathering Friday afternoon and was canned shortly thereafter.
“Kristin was summoned by Bass this afternoon, about 4 pm. She got here again from that assembly, hugged her workers goodbye, and left. She stated she was fired,” the supply informed the outlet.
This information comes proper after Crowley spoke out towards Bass’s failed management and stated town of LA failed its folks.
“The Mayor and Chief met. The precedence stays combating these fires and defending Angelenos,” stated Bass dismissing the report.
Who’s Kristin Crowley?
Based on Crowley’s biography on the Los Angeles Hearth Division’s webpage, Crowley, the primary feminine and LGBTQ Hearth Chief, is chargeable for “defending 4 million folks in Los Angeles.”
She has additionally been “instrumental” within the Division’s youth improvement program, the place she skilled over 1,000 college students from native excessive faculties and ostensibly brainwashed them together with her DEI propaganda.
“Creating, supporting, and selling a tradition that values variety, inclusion, and fairness whereas striving to satisfy and exceed the expectations of the communities are Chief Crowley’s priorities, and she or he is grateful for the chance to serve the Metropolis of Los Angeles,” Crowley’s bio reads.
Many are declaring the truth that the primary feminine and lesbian LAFD Chief was unprepared for the incident, seemingly resulting from her give attention to fostering a tradition of Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion (DEI).
Right here’s a clip of her explaining her imaginative and prescient for the division. “It’s by no means sufficient,” she stated of the variety of feminine and LGBTQ firefighters she desires within the division:
