Kristin Crowley

Did the city of Los Angeles fail you and your department and our city? It's my job to stand up as a chief and exactly say justifiably what the fire department needs to operate to meet the demands of the community. Did they fail you? That is our job. And I tell you, that's why I'm here. So let's get us what we need so our firefighters can do their jobs.

Let me be clear, the $17 million budget cut and the elimination of our civilian positions like our mechanics did and has and will continue to severely impact our ability to repair our apparatus. So with that, we have over 100 fire apparatus out of service. And having these apparatus in the proper amount of mechanics would have helped. And so it did absolutely negatively impact

our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bureau. Now we actually have the staff to do the work when it comes to doing a deep dive.

But I've also noticed that nobody ever looked like me. I'm super inspired.

People ask me, well, what number are you looking for? I say, I'm not looking for a number. It's never enough.