Two anonymous sources have told the Los Angeles Times that Mayor Karen Bass directed then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva to water down the LAFD’s after-action report on the devastating Palisades Fire — specifically, that Bass told Villanueva the report could expose the city to legal liabilities and wanted key findings removed or softened. That, according to the sources, is exactly what happened.
As many as seven drafts were created before the final report was published, each one apparently scrubbed a little cleaner than the last. No names were attached to the edited drafts.
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