LA Firefighters Forced to Ask VOTERS for Tax Hike While City Blows $1B on Homelessness

Imagine firefighters literally begging taxpayers for a sales tax increase while LA dumps over a billion dollars annually on homelessness programs that only make the problem worse. Here we go again. Los Angeles firefighters are operating with the same staffing levels as the 1960s—but with five times the call volume and six fewer stations. Response times have doubled the national standard to 8 minutes. Meanwhile, Karen Bass and city leaders throw $22,000 per homeless person per year at a crisis that keeps spiraling, with many of those encampments actually starting the fires in the first place. The fire department has million-dollar engines sitting idle with weeds growing around the tires because they can't afford mechanics, yet the homeless industrial complex gets blank checks. When did basic public safety become optional while virtue signaling became the priority? Why are first responders fundraising for their own jobs while billions vanish into programs nobody can account for? Let me know in the comments what you think about these backwards priorities. If this frustrates you as much as it does me, smash that like button, subscribe, and share this with anyone who needs to see where their tax dollars are really going.