In Case of Emergency, Break Bass: Mayor Wants Angelenos to ‘Be Ready’

Oh, golly, Nell. 

This has to be one of the most cringeworthy, unintentionally (because she’s simply too stupidly obtuse) ironic little public service announcements ever.

Mayor ‘I’m Not Ghana Be Here for the Next One‘ Bass, the Cabbage Patch moppet of urban executives, is urging all her Los Angeles residents to ‘prepare.’

And touting her extraordinary first responders, while giving away expensive fireproof safes.

Is that, like, a campaign bribe or something?

Having a plan in place can change everything when an emergency hits.

Set aside a moment with your family to talk through a household plan.

Find guidance at https://t.co/GJoVYC3VBE pic.twitter.com/PXeGQcZXRy

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) November 23, 2025

Some of the replies in the comments are…well, tart, let’s say. 

My emergency plan is to live in a state you and Gavin aren’t busy destroying

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) November 23, 2025

Bass doesn’t appear to have used the almost year’s time that has passed since the fire to her best advantage.

The mayor does seem to have a lot of time for other things.

I requested that House Oversight Democrats launch an investigation into the detainment and alleged abuse of U.S. citizens and immigrants by federal agents operating without judicial warrants or probable cause.

Today’s field hearing is a critical step in that work.

Los Angeles… pic.twitter.com/IeGbkBLtY3

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) November 24, 2025

And that’s nice, but those illegals aren’t supposed to be voting…I thought. The residents who lost their homes in the Palisades, well…they helped pay the freight for everything else. 

Priorities are obviously elsewhere. 

She is in full-time campaign mode.

Mayor Karen Bass joined state and regional leaders to launch “LA is Open” on Nov. 17, a recovery campaign to boost Los Angeles’ local economy by increasing business confidence, promoting the tourism industry and supporting small businesses impacted by the January wildfires.

By showcasing LA’s small businesses, creative industries and cultural institutions, the campaign is designed to invite Angelenos, international travelers and regional residents to rediscover LA’s diversity and vibrancy through Shop LA, Dine LA and Discover LA initiatives.

“Through this bold new campaign, we are sending a clear message that Los Angeles is open for business and ready to welcome everyone back to LA to explore all that our vibrant city has to offer,” Bass said. “From neighborhood gems like Olvera Street, Grand Central Market, Little Ethiopia and more to our museums, beaches, parks and beyond — come visit LA and see why our city is second to none.”

EVERYTHING OUR VIBRANT CITY HAS TO OFFER

Okey doke.

According to local reports, only one home out of 7000 has received a certificate of occupancy and been completed.

Karen Bass has time to protect ICE raids against illegals but not time for the owners of homes burnt down in the Palisades fires.

Only 1 home out of 7,000 lost has received a certificate of occupancy and been completed.

Just 1.

She doesn’t care.pic.twitter.com/UzpSgLElzL

— C3 (@C_3C_3) November 25, 2025

She did have a big announcement about a ‘rebuild’ and specifically that home’s ‘occupancy certification’ milestone, but, sad to say, it blew up in her face.

It seems the miracle house had been a developer’s project from well before the Palisades fire – sitting there unoccupied with all the permits in hand before the blazes swept the area, and had nothing to do with the fire.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is getting called out for prematurely taking a victory lap for touting the “first Palisades fire rebuild.”

Locals are calling the latest announcement from Bass misleading, and a glaring sign the city didn’t bother to check whether the house it was showcasing was even a fire-loss rebuild at all.

In fact, the house Bass used as a beacon of hope for families returning is a developer project that was already in motion before the blaze. The teardown and rebuild were planned well in advance, with nothing to do with the fire that later tore through the Palisades.

Perhaps she should have had her obviously incompetent staff double-check the circumstances before they allowed the boss to go out warbling her own praises.

Or maybe the staff has had enough of her, too.

…She hailed the certificate as an ‘important moment of hope’ in a statement obtained by the Daily Mail, which heralded LA’s commitment to ‘expediting every aspect of the rebuilding process, until every family is back home.’

But Bass failed to note that the newly constructed home on Kagawa Street was not a rebuild from the blaze – as the demolition project began before the Palisades Fire erupted.

Thomas James Homes applied for a permit to demolish the one-story single-family home and its attached garage in November 2024, LA building and safety records revealed.

Although city records show the residence was impacted by the fire, the property was declared ‘non-eligible’ for the wildfire project. 

Oh, well, yikes. Bass handled the correction as well as any big-time progressive does. She went on national TV and called the folks who called her out on it well-known liars and misinformation/disinformation spreaders.

Spencer Pratt, whose incredible, dogged work on the fire’s aftermath and the city’s cruel ineptness I’ve featured here before, was a particular target of the tiny termagent’s ire.

WAAH SPENCER’S A LIAR PANTS ON FIRE

Not every day that the Mayor of Los Angeles goes on national television and calls you a liar. You’re right, Karen Bass, it’s not just Spencer Pratt. Thousands of Palisades residents got screwed over by your failures and we aren’t going to stay quiet. pic.twitter.com/g4wPCNS4TE

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) November 25, 2025

Of course, it turns out Mr Pratt was dead on the money again, and the mayor wound up looking like her usual dumb Bass. Which is why she deleted her Xweet about the home.

No Xweet, never happened.

The other problem with the mayor’s claims was the extent of the rebuilding efforts. Those were a teensy bit exaggerated for effect, too, and it wasn’t Spencer Pratt ruining her day this time – it was a residents’ homebuilding group.

OH, YAY – WE’RE SO GREAT

…Bass’s memo cites that there are currently ‘340 active construction sites’ across the Pacific Palisades, which was hardest hit by the fire.

The memo also highlighted how rebuilding permits in the neighborhood are ‘being approved nearly three times faster than typical single-family home projects before the wildfires.’

‘The Palisades community has been through an unimaginable year, and my heart breaks for every family that won’t be able to be home this holiday season. But today is an important moment of hope,’ the mayor said Friday.

To a very abrupt, ‘Not so fast, lady,‘ from people who lived in the Palisades and are watching every move made in their former neighbourhood like hawks.

…The Pali Builds group has since posted a letter debunking the city’s claims.

The group, founded by Pacific Palisades residents after the fires, blasted Bass for framing the certificate of occupancy as the first issued since the fire and for allegedly ‘suggesting it was a fire-related rebuild.’

‘This isn’t about catching an error. It’s about what the error reveals,’ the group wrote.

‘If the City can’t verify whether a single home was or wasn’t a fire rebuild — something anyone can check with one click — how can they possibly manage the complexity of rebuilding an entire coastal town?’

The group further criticized the count of active construction sites, alleging that although 340 may be ‘technically accurate’ the only valid number is the total of sites that are actually fire rebuilds.

That distinction is critical, the group continued. ‘We want to give people hope. We want to show signs of life, progress, and momentum. But we also need to be truthful about where the City is still falling short – especially on the logistics needed to rebuild quickly and intelligently. And logistics will make or break this recovery.’

The mayor, besides being mad at the Spencer Pratts of the world, is tired of what she calls ‘the political theater.’

You know, the part where rational 94-year-old Holocaust victims who lost their Pacific Palisades homes explain the difficulties they are having existing…

This is what Karen Bass called “political theater” today. A survivor of the Holocaust and the Palisades Fire, at 94, home nuked, and she is stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare. Is this how this incredible woman will be forced to live out her final years? Only in California, man. https://t.co/pTzYTqiwKj pic.twitter.com/tBLNyykHfc

— Mann Made Cinema (@Hotshot_Movie) November 14, 2025

…and embarrass the crisis actor mayor.

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