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Mayor Karen Bass’ texts illustrate how she communicated remotely with her staff and across levels of government, trying to marshal federal resources as the conflagration exploded. They also show an Angeleno desperate to get home.
Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was arrested in Mexicali on Saturday and handed over to U.S. marshals in San Diego, authorities say.
Experts say that getting the signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot will be extremely difficult.
A little over 40% of L.A. voters said Mayor Bass did a poor or very poor job in responding to the fires, while just 19% saw her response as excellent or good.
Bass and her office have said she was in constant communication while she was out of the country. But it’s impossible to know exactly what she was communicating, because her messages were not saved, according to a city lawyer.
Crowley’s bid to get her job back was almost certain to fail, given the fact that she needed 10 votes. Her only support came from Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez and Traci Park.
Any recall effort would need to gather valid signatures from 15% of registered voters, or about 330,000 overall.
City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson tried to put the Chief Crowley controversy to rest. His fast-track strategy was halted just as quickly.
The procedural step, which is afforded by the City Charter, is unlikely to succeed. But it could cause more public agita for Mayor Karen Bass.
President Trump’s administration, with help from the Republican-led Congress, may pull the state’s ability to set its own fuel-efficiency rules.
