Karen Bass: “That's just simply not true. So I don't know what sources…”

“And he says, quote, according to multiple sources, Bass had been briefed before her departure about the National Weather Service's fire models. So which is it? That's just simply not true. So I don't know what sources he's talking to, but that is a wholesale falsehood. I will tell you that it wasn't just the city. The entire county was not prepared for this. And when I talked to the chief, when I got home, basically the response was, well, we always have Santa Ana winds.” (06:52–07:00)

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