This is an unbelievable clip from 2025. The fires were still burning in the Palisades and the local news interviewed the then LA Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.She told the news that the Fire Department was asked to take a $17 million budget cut prior to the Palisades fire. The result was that the department didn't have money to pay mechanics to repair and maintain fire trucks and ambulances.During the Palisades fire, fire trucks and ambulances in Los Angeles were sitting inoperable in a