Someone may have already pointed this out, but saying the fires are in Los Angeles is incorrect. They are in Los Angeles county, and (last time I looked), none were in the city of L.A.***, of which Karen Bass is mayor. Los Angeles County is made up of dozens of incorporated cities, of which Pacific Palisades***, Pasadena, and others are …
Someone may have already pointed this out, but saying the fires are in Los Angeles is incorrect. They are in Los Angeles county, and (last time I looked), none were in the city of L.A.***, of which Karen Bass is mayor. Los Angeles County is made up of dozens of incorporated cities, of which Pacific Palisades***, Pasadena, and others are part. I lived in Pasadena for my first 32 years, and have lived in Santa Barbara for the last 37. For example, we have SB City fire dept., SB County fire dept., Los Padres Nat'l. Forest fire dept., and Cal Fire. Same applies to Los Angeles county. Karen Bass is not in charge of Los Angeles County. ***Correction added in reply below.
I must correct my statement above that Pacific Palisades is its own city. I had heard that earlier in the day on a newscast, so I repeated it. Pacific Palisades isn't its own city... it's in the city of Los Angeles. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of the 88 cities and ~150 unincorporated "areas" in L.A. County. Apologies for that.
Exactly! That's why I mentioned the 88 incorporated cities and the ~150 unincorporated areas in L.A. County... often hard to keep track of which is which!
Yeah, I readily took your point. LA Mayor Karen Bass is taking a lot of heat (npi) for fires occurring outside of LA city limits. Infuriating watching the 'fire porn' on the major broadcast networks and knowing they are mis-reporting the political and administrative realities on the ground.
Pacific Palisades may technically be a part of the city of Los Angeles -- I honestly cannot remember -- but I seem to recall that it is or was a part of some joint Malibu-Pacific Palisades school district, i.e., not a part of LAUSD. Not sure if that has bearing here but thought I would mention.
Someone may have already pointed this out, but saying the fires are in Los Angeles is incorrect. They are in Los Angeles county, and (last time I looked), none were in the city of L.A.***, of which Karen Bass is mayor. Los Angeles County is made up of dozens of incorporated cities, of which Pacific Palisades***, Pasadena, and others are part. I lived in Pasadena for my first 32 years, and have lived in Santa Barbara for the last 37. For example, we have SB City fire dept., SB County fire dept., Los Padres Nat'l. Forest fire dept., and Cal Fire. Same applies to Los Angeles county. Karen Bass is not in charge of Los Angeles County. ***Correction added in reply below.
I must correct my statement above that Pacific Palisades is its own city. I had heard that earlier in the day on a newscast, so I repeated it. Pacific Palisades isn't its own city... it's in the city of Los Angeles. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of the 88 cities and ~150 unincorporated "areas" in L.A. County. Apologies for that.
On the other hand, Beverly Hills is its own city, complete with police and fire departments, school district and so on.
Exactly! That's why I mentioned the 88 incorporated cities and the ~150 unincorporated areas in L.A. County... often hard to keep track of which is which!
Yeah, I readily took your point. LA Mayor Karen Bass is taking a lot of heat (npi) for fires occurring outside of LA city limits. Infuriating watching the 'fire porn' on the major broadcast networks and knowing they are mis-reporting the political and administrative realities on the ground.
Pacific Palisades may technically be a part of the city of Los Angeles -- I honestly cannot remember -- but I seem to recall that it is or was a part of some joint Malibu-Pacific Palisades school district, i.e., not a part of LAUSD. Not sure if that has bearing here but thought I would mention.