Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was booed by her own constituents as she drove through the city in a swanky white convertible following accusations of a Palisades fire cover up.
Bass, 72, was seen cruising through Los Angeles in a convertible as LA locals voiced their fury at her during the 127th annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday.
The mayor, who was recently hit with accusations of downplaying the Los Angeles Fire Department's failures during the Palisades fire, heard boos and heckling as she rode through the parade.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass though that driving through Los Angeles in the back of a convertible was a good idea… Turns out the people don’t like her very much.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 22, 2026
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However, a local recording the scene was heard shouting out: 'Yes, we support China, we don't support Karen Bass.'
'We want Karen Bass gone,' he continued.
Bass wished the crowd a Happy New Lunar Year, while the person recording the scene called out: 'The year you leave office, Karen.'
As Bass continued to speak to onlookers about supporting the city's Chinatown, the local videoing the ordeal bashed the mayor and continued to heckle her.
The LA mayor, who was recently hit with accusations of downplaying the Los Angeles Fire Department's failures during the Palisades fire, heard boos and heckling as she rode through the parade
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, 72, was seen cruising through Los Angeles in a white convertible as LA locals booed her during the 127th annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday
'We do not want our Chinatown to disappear like has happened in so many other cities,' Bass was heard saying.
'They want you to disappear Karen,' he called out. 'They want Karen Bass to disappear.'
The man videoing the scene enticed boos from the crowd and said the crowd should 'vote against Karen Bass' who 'defunded our city.'
'You all know our city is dirtier because of her,' he continued. 'You have defunded all of the services that support Chinatown.'
More boos came from onlookers as the man recording yelled out: 'You cut funding to fix the roads!'
'You're destroying the city Karen,' he added.
'The roads are worse. Sanitation's been cut by 51 million. You cut public work. You've cut lighting. Our city is dark.'
The video saw one user commenting that Bass is a 'terrible mayor' who is 'completely out of her depth.'
Some of the spectators put their thumbs down and booed at the mayor as she passed them in the vehicle
'Just like Mamdani in New York. They’re gonna find out the hard way,' they wrote.
'She doesn't care. She isn't going anywhere,' another remarked.
What a beautiful day in Chinatown!
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) February 21, 2026
I was honored to join the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown to celebrate the Year of the Horse!
Today, we celebrate tradition, culture, and the unity of our community, as well as the vibrant spirit that makes LA extraordinary.… pic.twitter.com/6D0H0gU1Va
'Today, we celebrate tradition, culture, and the unity of our community, as well as the vibrant spirit that makes LA extraordinary. Wishing all who celebrate a joyful, prosperous, and healthy New Year!'
The post, however, was not received warmly, as one user commented: 'Enough with the photo ops and social media posts. Los Angeles needs real progress on public safety, homelessness, and basic city services. Results matter.'
Many called for the mayor to resign, while another said: 'You got booed and heckled by the residents because you failed the city. You’re a terrible mayor.'
The parade comes after Bass was accused of making several edits to an after-action report in October on the Palisades fire.
The blaze killed a dozen residents, destroyed 7,000 homes and caused damage worth $150 billion when it tore through the wealthy coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades for 24 days in January 2025.
The parade comes after Bass was accused of making several edits to an after-action report in October on the Palisades fire
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times revealed that two sources with insider information told the outlet that after receiving an early draft of the report, Bass told then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva that the report could expose the city to legal liabilities.
They said two people close to the mayor informed them how she wanted key findings about the LA Fire Department's response to the massive blaze removed or softened before the report was made public.
One of the confidants even reportedly told one of the unidentified sources who spoke to the LA Times that 'the mayor didn't tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.'
The source also said that the confidant advised Bass that altering the report 'was a bad idea' because it could hurt her political career.
Still, the two confidants told the unidentified source that Bass held onto the original draft of the report until after the changes were made.
Both confidants are now prepared to testify under oath to verify their accounts of what happened if there were a legal proceeding, the sources said.
Yet, the sources who spoke to the LA Times said they were unsure whether anyone at the mayor's office or at the fire department made line-by-line edits at Bass's specific instructions or if they imposed the changes after receiving general direction from the mayor.
The fire department had also formed an internal crisis management team and brought in a public relations firm to help shape its messaging ahead of the report's release.
The fire killed a dozen residents, destroyed 7,000 homes and caused damage worth $150 billion when it tore through the wealthy coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades for 24 days straight, beginning in January 2025
Still, one of the sources said, 'All the changes [the LA Times] reported on were the ones Karen wanted.'
According to the LA Times' investigation, the fire department's initial draft of the after-action report said the LA Fire Department's decision to pre-deploy all available engines 'did not align' with the department's policy.
The final version that was released to the public, however, said that the number of companies that were pre-deployed 'went above and beyond the standard LAFD pre-deployment matrix.'
Another deleted passage in the report said that some crews waited more than an hour for an assignment on the day of the fire, and a section saying fire department crews and leaders violated national guidelines on how to avoid firefighter deaths and injuries was similarly removed, the LA Times reports.
Other changes appeared to be more superfluous, including renaming a section on 'failures' to 'primary challenges' and changing the photograph on the front of the report from palm trees on fire to a simple LA Fire Department seal.
The changes wound up being so extensive that the author of the report, Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, declined to endorse the final version because of changes that altered his findings and made the report, in his own words, 'highly unprofessional and inconsistent with our established standards.'
Bass has previously denied any involvement in the edits, with a spokesperson for the mayor's office saying in December: 'The report was written and edited by the fire department. We did not red-line review every page or review every draft of the report.'
The spokesperson then claimed that the mayor's office asked only that the fire department fact-check any findings regarding the effects of the city's finances and high-wind forecasts on the department's performance in the fire.
