LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed

Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by infecto on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:06AM (#42645629)

I don't live in LA but would Karen Bass even have much of any input? The palisades is mostly Santa Monica no? Sure its part of LA county but why would the mayor of LA have any input on Santa Monica / Santa Monica mountains. Genuinely curious why she is in the spotlight compared to the local officials in Santa Monica?

Edit: I continue to see her name pop up in the news and I have been trying to understand how LA works in that she is in the complete spotlight. There are fires in surrounding LA but does the city of LA mayor have any control in those?

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by harmmonica on Thursday January 09, 2025 @12:37PM (#42647934)

Pacific Palisades is part of the city of Los Angeles and so falls under the mayor’s jurisdiction.

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by infecto on Thursday January 09, 2025 @07:33PM (#42651307)

Thanks for the clarification. I missed that it juts around Santa Monica

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