洛杉矶市长选战：帕利塞兹火灾幸存者仍挺巴斯，两项民调一为拉曼领先一为打平
美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市，10 月 31 日——据《加州邮报》（CaliforniaPost）报道，四名在帕利塞兹大火中失去家园的居民表示，尽管他们对洛杉矶市长凯伦·巴斯围绕这场大火的处置感到愤怒，但仍将在市长选举中支持巴斯，而不是转向挑战者妮蒂娅·拉曼。
帕利塞兹大火于 2025 年 1 月 7 日起火，当时巴斯正在加纳。报道称，这场大火至少造成 12 人死亡、6,800 多栋建筑被毁；近22 个月后，重建仍进展缓慢：根据一家使用市政府许可记录的私人追踪数据，截至 10 月 20 日，仅有 62处房产获得了入住许可证，数千个家庭仍流离失所。
四名受访者分别为帕利塞兹长期恢复组织（Palisades Long-Term RecoveryGroup）总裁兼执行董事杰西卡·罗杰斯（以居民身份发言）、太平洋帕利塞兹社区委员会前主席苏·科尔、共和党人妮娜·马多克，以及居民凯·斯坦斯皮尔。
马多克说，她认为巴斯的行动导致了家乡被烧毁，也认为巴斯在兑现承诺方面存在问题，但仍表示：“认识的魔鬼总比不认识的魔鬼好。”她还说，巴斯政府更了解拖延重建的官僚障碍，并认为巴斯与华盛顿共和党人的关系可能有助于争取联邦援助。马多克已获得重建许可，希望在2027 年 12 月前返回家中。
罗杰斯则对拉曼及其在美国民主社会主义者组织（Democratic Socialists ofAmerica）中的盟友表示担忧，并称她认为与前民主社会主义者组织支持的西区市议员迈克·博宁相关的政策损害了公共安全。她同时肯定巴斯在帕利塞兹大火后与联邦环境官员协调、与加州州长加文·纽森政府会面，并回应安全关切；她说，巴斯应居民要求提供了额外的安全保障并与执法部门合作。
科尔承认，巴斯不顾危险火险天气警告前往加纳是一个严重错误，但她说：“好吧，她犯了一个错误。她不是世界上唯一犯过错误的人。”科尔还肯定巴斯走访社区、派副手参加恢复会议，并帮助争取州政府对火灾受损社区住房密度增加的限制。她说，巴斯“工作努力，办公室里有优秀的人，自大火以来已尽其所能”。
斯坦斯皮尔说，她曾就大火后领导力缺失问题当面直言批评巴斯，严厉到担心市长办公室再也不会与她交谈；但巴斯听取了意见并继续与社区领袖合作。她说：“我看到了合作，看到了市长办公室带来的好事，而社区里很多人并不了解这些。”
报道还提到，亿万富翁开发商里克·卡鲁索与帕利塞兹选区市议员特拉茜·帕克也表示将投票给巴斯，尽管对巴斯的领导力有所保留。卡鲁索在 2022年市长选举中败给巴斯，他 10 月 26 日周一宣布将投票给巴斯，并说：“为了洛杉矶的爱，我必须放下过去，因为这次选举必须关乎我们的未来。”帕克则表示：“我不是在为凯伦·巴斯背书，但我会投票给凯伦·巴斯。”
两项民调结果并不一致。《加州邮报》/麦克劳克林（McLaughlin）民调显示，拉曼以 46.7% 对 38.8% 领先巴斯，13.5%的潜在选民尚未决定；仅 25.5% 的受访者认可巴斯的工作表现，71.7%不认可。加州大学伯克利分校/《洛杉矶时报》的一项较新的民调则显示，两人以 40% 对 40% 打平，19% 尚未决定，但 65%的可能选民对巴斯持负面看法。
拉曼 10 月 30 日周五致信《帕利塞迪安邮报》（Palisadian-Post），回应一名高中生关于帕利塞兹大火应在选举日影响选民判断的文章。拉曼在信中写道，洛杉矶市在帕利塞兹大火之前、期间和之后的表现“令人震惊、令人心碎、完全不可接受”，并指出，根据市宪章的明确规定，市长的职责包括“监督各部门与办公室的应急准备活动”，“说现任市长在最需要的时候未能履行这一职责，是显而易见的痛苦事实”。巴斯则在 10 月 30 日周五接受《加州邮报》专访时说，她“最大的遗憾最明显的就是当时我不在这里”。
Los Angeles Mayoral Race: Palisades Fire Survivors Still Back Bass as Two Polls Split
LOS ANGELES, California, October 31 — Four residents who lost theirhomes in the Palisades Fire told the California Post they remainfurious over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's handling of the disaster,yet will still back Bass in the mayoral election rather than turn tochallenger Nithya Raman, the California Post reported.
The Palisades Fire ignited on January 7, 2025, while Bass was inGhana. The blaze killed at least 12 people and destroyed more than6,800 structures, the report said. Nearly 22 months later, rebuildingremains painfully slow: just 62 properties had received certificatesof occupancy as of October 20, according to a private tracker usingcity permit records, while thousands of families remain displaced.
The four residents were Jessica Rogers, president and executivedirector of the Palisades Long-Term Recovery Group, speaking as aresident; Sue Kohl, a former president of the Pacific PalisadesCommunity Council; Nina Madok, a Republican; and Kaye Steinsapir.
Madok said she believed Bass's actions resulted in her town burningdown and that Bass had been problematic in delivering on promises, butadded: "But the devil you know is better than the devil you don't."She said the Bass administration has a deeper knowledge of thebureaucratic roadblocks delaying recovery and believed Bass'srelationships with Republicans in Washington could help secure federalassistance. Madok has secured rebuilding permits and hopes to returnhome by December 2027.
Rogers raised alarms about Raman and her allies in the DemocraticSocialists of America, saying policies she associates with formerDSA-backed Westside Councilman Mike Bonin damaged public safety. Shecredited Bass with coordinating with federal environmental officialsafter the Palisades Fire, meeting with Gov. Gavin Newsom'sadministration and responding to security concerns, saying Bass wasasked to give residents extra safety and security and work with lawenforcement, and she did.
Kohl acknowledged Bass made a serious mistake traveling to Ghanadespite warnings of dangerous fire weather. "All right, she made amistake. She's not the only human in the world to have ever made amistake," Kohl said. Kohl credited Bass with visiting the community,sending deputies to recovery meetings and helping secure staterestrictions on increased housing density in fire-damagedneighborhoods, saying Bass "works hard, and she has good people in heroffice, and she's done everything in her power since the fire."
Steinsapir said she had confronted the mayor over what she describedas an absence of leadership after the fire, in terms so harsh shefeared the mayor's office would never speak to her again. Instead,Bass listened and continued working with community leaders, she said."I've seen cooperation, and good things from the mayor's office that alot of people in the community are unaware of," Steinsapir added.
The report also noted that billionaire developer Rick Caruso andPalisades Councilwoman Traci Park both plan to vote for Bass despitereservations about her leadership. Caruso, who lost to Bass in 2022,announced on Monday he would vote for his former opponent, saying:"For the love of LA, I must put the past behind me because thiselection must be about our future." Park, whose district includes thedevastated Palisades, said: "I'm not endorsing Karen Bass, but I amvoting for Karen Bass."
Two polls diverged. A California Post/McLaughlin poll found Ramanleading Bass 46.7% to 38.8%, with 13.5% of potential voters undecided.Just 25.5% approved of Bass's job performance, while 71.7%disapproved. A newer UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll showed thecandidates tied at 40%, with 19% undecided, but found 65% of likelyvoters viewed Bass unfavorably.
Raman wrote a letter to the Palisadian-Post on Friday in response to ahigh school student's piece saying the Palisades Fire should weigh onvoters' minds come Election Day. "The city's failures before, duringand after the Palisades Fire were staggering, heartbreaking andutterly unacceptable," Raman wrote, adding that it is the mayor's dutyto "supervise emergency preparedness activities in the variousdepartments and offices," as explicitly defined in the city charter,and that to say the current mayor failed in that duty when it wasneeded most "is painfully obvious." Bass, in an exclusive interviewwith the Post on Friday, said her "biggest regret is most obviouslythat I wasn't here" during the fire.
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