ALT LA GAVE MORE MONEY TO COPS WHILE CUTTING FIRE BUDGETS. NOW IT’S BURNING. “The consistent defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” said a local activist.

ALT What is currently happening and unfolding is what we have been warning about,” said Ricci Sergienko, a lawyer and organizer with People’s City Council LA. “The consistent defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences, and these elected officials do actually have blood on their hands. The city is unprepared to handle this fire, and Los Angeles shouldn’t be in that position.”