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Karen Bass wants to save the planet. Saving LA? Never mind

LA mayor Karen Bass leads a city reeling from street disorder, a failed homelessness response, wildfires, depleted police staffing, and a fiscal crisis. 

So of course, now is a good time for a new climate plan. 

Rather than fix her city’s problems, the mayor has chosen to double down on ideology.

Her plan calls for 100 percent renewable energy by 2035, an all-electric city bus fleet by 2028, 120,000 new electric vehicle chargers by 2030, new restrictions on oil and gas extraction, and hundreds of millions in climate-related spending. 

That may sound impressive to activists, environmental groups, and the usual collection of progressive true believers. To everyone else, it should sound like a mayor who has completely lost sight of what city government is supposed to do.

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LA is not begging for more ideological posturing from City Hall. It is begging for leadership and for competent government. 

Residents want safer streets, basic order, functioning services, and some sign that the people in charge understand the city is in deep trouble. 

Instead, Bass is acting like the keynote speaker at a left-wing policy summit, rolling out another........

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