LA Fire Dept Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) allocated huge sums of money to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the months and years leading up to the wildfires currently gripping Los Angeles County, rapidly devastating thousands of acres of land while claiming two lives and around a thousand properties and counting as of the time of publication.

City budget documents covering the 2022-23 fiscal year show a $673,810 operational request for “Equity and Inclusion Staffing,” allocated to “a new Human Resources Bureau to implement a strategic diversity and inclusion plan, mediate conflict, mitigate complaints, grievances, lawsuites [sic], and facilitate a positive work environment.” Another operational request for “Diversity in Recruitment” allocates $418,778 for “the targeted recruitment of women and members of underrepresented groups.”

City documents covering the 2024-25 fiscal year also show an approved $1,777,715 operational request for “Equity and Inclusion Staffing,” allocated to “Continue funding and resolution authority for nine positions consisting of one Fire Deputy Chief, two Fire Battalion Chiefs, one Management Analyst, one Fire Assistant Chief, and four Fire Captain[s] to mediate conflict, implement a strategic diversity and inclusion plan, mitigate complaints, grievances, and lawsuits, and facilitate a positive work environment.”

Local firefighters have struggled to tackle the blazes, which currently remain at zero percent containment after starting Tuesday morning. Waterless fire hydrants and a lack of personnel and equipment have hampered the response to the crisis.

In addition to expending large sums of money on DEI, fire departments in the state have also been giving away allegedly surplus equipment to Ukraine in recent years. […]

🚨 JUST IN: A firefighter has been rescued after being injured fighting the Palisade Fire

At least four firefighters have been transported after sustaining injuries so far tonight

Pray for these heroes. pic.twitter.com/KU5XMn0jWP

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 8, 2025

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