17,000 Homes Evacuated Due to Fire Risk as LA Mayor Bass Leads Race

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17,000 Homes Evacuated Due to Fire Risk as LA Mayor Bass Leads Race
56% have an unfavorable view of Bass and only 31% viewed her favorably
May 20, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield 2 Comments

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Currently the best election ad of the Los Angeles mayoral race may simply be the sight of more wildfires, more evacuation orders, with 17,000 homes evacuated due to the Sandy Fire, while Mayor Karen Bass promises to continue ‘monitoring it’.

Worked out well last time.

But her main opposition from within, Nithya Raman, an awkward ‘progressive’ leftist ‘homeless advocate’ who called for outlawing backyard BBQs and Israel, isn’t really taking off. And the DSA appears to be pivoting to Bass which doesn’t leave Raman with much of a lane. Basically Raman is trying to be Kamala, but is worse at it than the real Kamala who was trying to be Obama and is terrible at it.

And on the Republican side there’s Spencer Pratt, who’s doing effective viral ads that appeal to Republicans, but there’s only so many of those in L.A.

Few people actually like Bass. Her lead means that she’s at between 25% to 30%. And her approval rating is really poor.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/17000-homes-evacuated-due-to-fire-risk-as-la-mayor-bass-leads-race/

[PeteS in CA]

  Ummmmmmm, the writers at FrontPageMag do not know that, not only is Simi Valley a city, not a neighborhood in LA, but Simi Valley is not even in Los Angeles County?

 

[Cyber Liberty]

Ummmmmmm, the writers at FrontPageMag do not know that, not only is Simi Valley a city, not a neighborhood in LA, but Simi Valley is not even in Los Angeles County?

 

My understanding is the Sandy fire is spreading into LA, but that was yesterday.  Yes, most of us living in the Western US know Simi Valley is not in LA County....

[DB]

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2026/5/18/sandy-fire

[PeteS in CA]

My point was that Karen Bass has zero authority over the Sandy Fire, contrary to what FrontPageMag's article suggests. Per GoogMaps, as of some 20 minutes ago, the edge of the Sandy Fire is at least 2 miles inside Ventura County and 3 miles from the closest LA city limits.