In cities like LA and NYC, it’s the mayor and in large part the governor that control emergency services.

They appoint the chiefs and commissioners, they appropriate the funding, and they call the shots as those chiefs and commissioners serve at their pleasure.

@MayorOfLA and @GavinNewsom are the ones to blame for the disgraceful lack of preparedness and response.

Yeah, we can beat up  diversity in the fire department all day long. 

That’s valid, but the more I hear the Fire Chief speak, the more she sounds like she was trying to at least do something but was blocked by Democrat politicians.