California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have faced sharp criticism from their opponents and some residents over their preparations for and handling of the devastating wildfires gripping the state.

When the covenant between taxpayers and their leaders is broken, as it was this month in Los Angeles, public officials need to be held accountable.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing backlash as wildfires continue to burn across Southern California. But why is she facing political heat?

"We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city of Los Angeles," the petition states.

Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this unfolded back home?” a reporter repeatedly asked Mayor Karen Bass to silence.

Karen Bass discusses the potential drawbacks of running for mayor of Los Angeles and the impact it could have on her global involvement.

The 53-year-old actress has lived in the City of Angels for nearly three decades but couldn’t recall another mayor facing the same scrutiny as Bass, suggesting the criticism stemmed from

Mayor Karen Bass promised in 2021 that she would not travel abroad if elected to lead Los Angeles, according to the New York Times. She traveled to Ghana last week to attend the presidential

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, had promised before taking office that she would not travel abroad. However, Bass was out of the country when devastating fires broke out, specifically in Ghana.

Bass has faced widespread outrage over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after fires ignited.

The demonstration came amid a torrent of controversy surrounding the embattled mayor, with protestors who gathered near her Windsor Square residence demanding she step aside citing her lack of

Less than two weeks after the start of what has become one of the state’s most destructive natural disasters, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass continues to face backlash for her response to the Southern California wildfires, with critics demanding her resignation and some even floating a recall effort.