Chief Kristin Crowley had accused Mayor Karen Bass’s administration of underfunding the department and Bass accused Crowley of failing to prepare for the firestorm.

Bass said she removed Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley from her position after the fire department chose not to position many of its firefighting resources ahead

Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.