Former California first woman Maria Shriver is the most recent accountable the present Democratic management of Los Angeles for the lethal wildfires posing a historic risk to the area.
“LA cannot go forward with the status quo. LA is no longer what it was. It has to be different,” the ex-wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote Sunday.
“It has to prioritize the safety of its citizens, police, fire, schools,” Shriver, 69, tweeted on Sunday. “LA residents deserve better.”
Shriver’s submit was a response to a tweet highlighting how Los Angeles fireplace chief Kristin Crowley overtly criticized Democratic Mayor Karen Bass for leaving her division “understaffed, underfunded and under-resourced” when the wildfires hit.
“Chief Crowley is saying LA cannot sustain itself. It needs more help. Chief Crowley says she rang the bell,” Shriver, 69, continued in her submit considered almost 2 million occasions since Sunday.
Angelinos, Shriver mentioned, have to make their voices heard on the poll field in the event that they wish to see higher outcomes from their authorities.
“The mayoral race presented a clear choice last time around. Moving forward, LA residents have to decide what’s important and what’s not.”
A number of fast-moving wildfires, fueled by Santa Ana winds, have scorched greater than 60 miles in and round Los Angeles — together with Shriver’s personal neighborhood.
“Our neighborhood, our restaurants. All our friends have lost everything. We have evacuated, but are safe. But people have lost everything,” Shriver posted on Instagram on Wednesday alongside devastating footage of properties decreased to rubble.
No less than 24 individuals have died and 12,000 buildings destroyed since final Tuesday in what could possibly be the most costly pure catastrophe occasion in US historical past.
Sturdy Santa Ana winds are anticipated to choose up once more early this week, spreading the fires additional as firefighters proceed their determined efforts to extinguish the flames.
“Right now what’s important is getting this fire under control, getting firefighters the support they need, getting our neighbors the support they need,” mentioned Shriver.
“Once that happens it’s time to rethink what is and imagine what can be,” she mentioned.
Shriver, who’s the niece of thirty fifth US President John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat till 2011 when she turned an impartial.
She joins a rising record of Hollywood celebrities and elites who’ve turned on Mayor Bass for her botched response to the wildfires.
