DC powerbrokers rip Karen Bass for swerving grilling on $1B scandal: Contempt and shameful

Members of Congress have torn into Karen Bass for swerving a grilling over $1 billion in federal homeless funding.Tim Burchett, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert hauled the Los Angeles mayor over the coals after she dodged a committee hearing Tuesday after saying she was “busy.”Bass revealed late Monday she was instead heading to the Pacific Palisades to attend a groundbreaking event for a community project in the fire gutted enclave.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story She was torn apart during the deadly wildfires last year when she opted to go on a diplomatic trip to Ghana while the blaze spread.Bass was earlier this month summoned to DC to answer questions about alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” inside Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which she was on the board of until last week.The subcommittee claims she has not handed over all the documents related to the homeless agency and on Tuesday held the hearing without her.Meanwhile Tuesday embattled LAHSA suddenly pulled its request for the federal funding discussed at the hearing.At the meeting, Subcommittee Chairman Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, opened by saying billions spent fighting homelessness have failed to fix the crisis.He said: “Los Angeles is the epicenter of America’s homelessness.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Burchett even zeroed in on LAHSA’s downtown digs, pointing to amenities at its Wilshire Boulevard high-rise that The Post previously reported include access to a private helipad and chauffeured lux...