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Karen Bass: “The primary problem there was that the chief sent home a…”

Featuring: Karen Bass, Democratic | Mayor of Los Angeles | California

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We saw those pictures of those engines that were inoperable because they, they didn't have enough mechanics to fix them. Well, was that a mistake? Explain that decision. Let me just say first of all, The primary problem there was that the chief sent home a thousand firefighters. We actually had fire trucks with not enough firefighters there. So yes, there were fire trucks that were broken, but there were also fire trucks that out of use because she had sent the firefighters home. (04:05–04:13)

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