Not did, notice, but does. Is it best practice among American mayors to set your texts to auto-delete? Or only among mayors who have an allergy to transparency?
Maybe that would include all major-city mayors, come to think of it. However, the city of Los Angeles has good reason to investigate what Karen Bass knew about the wildfire danger and when she knew it — and for that matter, what Bass did or didn’t do about it. Too bad, though, since at least part of the official record has been wiped clean. With a cloth, one might say:
She and her office have said she was in constant communication during that period. But it’s impossible to know exactly what she was communicating, because her messages were not saved, according to a city lawyer.
“Her phone is set not to save text messages,” said the lawyer, David Michaelson.
Michaelson said that there is “no…
