"Months after the devastating Palisades fire, the head of the Los Angeles Fire Commission inquired about the Fire Department's long-awaited after-action report. Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva said that a "working draft" had been sent to Mayor Karen Bass' office, Genethia Hudley Hayes told The Times on Tuesday. In the conversation, which took place in mid-August or later, Villanueva said that the mayor's office had asked for "refinements," but he did not say what they were, according to Hudley Hayes."
"The Times had previously reported that Hudley Hayes was concerned enough about possible edits that she sought advice from a deputy city attorney. But Hudley Hayes' remarks Tuesday were her first public statements that her concerns stemmed from what she understood to be the mayor's office's possible intent to influence the report, which was supposed to lay out what went wrong in fighting the Palisades fire and how to prevent the mistakes from happening again."
Months after the Palisades fire, the head of the Los Angeles Fire Commission asked about the LAFD's long-awaited after-action report. Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva said a working draft had been sent to Mayor Karen Bass' office and that the mayor's office requested "refinements." Genethia Hudley Hayes said she feared that "refinements" could mean troubling changes that hide facts. Fire Chief Jaime Moore acknowledged edits softened criticism of LAFD leadership. Hudley Hayes sought advice from a deputy city attorney and later said she was satisfied material findings were not altered, though questions remain about the mayor's role in revisions.
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