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I'll just say that decisions were made that look pretty stupid today in light of the destruction of entire sections of the city.
But what strikes me is the difference between the discussions of fire dept budgets vs police dept budgets.
We have a priorities problem in the USA.
#lafires #police #lafd
The issue obviously being that these planes must fly right down to the deck below the typically allowed 400ft flight ceiling of consumer drones.
Not a wise time to be sharing your drone photos of LA, might get some unwanted attention from the FAA
#drone #LAFires #la #FAA #LAFD
#LAFires #cybersecurity #LAFD
All the media takes such as the BET one below, point to the idea that the budget could be added to at a later date and reason that it wasn't a budget cut.
Look, its not even debatable. LAFD's budget was CUT by $17M+.
When you take budget and replace it with an IOU that is by definition a budget cut.
https://www.bet.com/article/pgykqa/la-mayor-karen-bass-palisades-fire
#KarenBass #BET #LAFD
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Caught in Misinformation Storm Over LAFD Funding and Pacific Palisades Fires
A false narrative about budget cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department spread just as catastrophic fires broke out.BET
The fire chief wrote a 20+ page report on how the cuts were real and seriously impact their ability to fight big fires. They literally had to cut pilot training hours for airborne fire fighters.
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2024/24-1600_rpt_bfc_12-17-24.pdf
#LA #LAFD #KarenBass #KristinCrowley #LAFires #acab
In this segment the fire chief repeats that these budget cuts were real and have real negative impacts in the quality of service they can provide.
Chief Crowley says they did what they could with what they had & suggests it wasn't possible to contain this fire at any funding level.
#LA #LAFires #LAFD #KristinCrowley