LA mayor talks about National Guard and former fire chief

(The Center Square) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass started her week making headlines. She talked about wanting to rid the city of all National Guard troops and saying she has no problem with the Los Angeles Fire Department lacking a permanent chief during the current wildfire season.

Bass held a news conference Monday morning at Los Angeles Mission College, calling for the removal of the remaining National Guard troops from the city.

The federal government sent thousands of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in early June to help protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the city amid immigration riots. Last week, half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who were deployed were sent home, leaving 2,000 guards as well as 700 Marines in the city.

Bass disapproved of President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and the U.S. Marines to Los Angeles and said the city never needed the National Guard, during an interview Sunday on "Face The Nation."

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