L.A. mayor Karen Bass and a billionaire developer with an outsized footprint in the city, Rick Caruso , are at it again.

In an appearance at Bloomberg’s Screentime event on Wednesday night, Bass offered a sharp rebuke to Caruso’s statement earlier that day that “failure of government on an epic level,” starting with her leadership, was responsible for the devastation of January’s Palisades Fire.

“Well, the way he characterized me sounded like Trump,” she said. “But I just was saddened by it, honestly, because that response was beneath him.” The mayor added, “I think he is sad and bitter.”

L.A. mayor Karen Bass and a billionaire developer with an outsized footprint in the city, Rick Caruso , are at it again.

In an appearance at Bloomberg’s Screentime event on Wednesday night, Ba

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