Rick Caruso Criticizes Karen Bass’ Wildfire Leadership After LAFD After Report Release

Tensions are flaring once again between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso, this time over blame for January’s Palisades Fire, a catastrophe that destroyed homes across the Westside and reignited one of L.A.’s fiercest political rivalries.

Caruso, who lost his Malibu home in the blaze but saved his upscale Palisades Village shopping center, unleashed a fiery statement after authorities announced the arrest of a suspected arsonist this week. Calling the fire’s destruction “a failure of government on an epic level,” he squarely pinned responsibility on Bass, accusing her administration of incompetence and poor leadership during the city’s wildfire response in a social medi

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