Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher ripped into Los Angeles and California authorities Friday regarding their handling of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. “When asked why so many of the hydrants in the [Pacific] Palisades ran out of water,

Bill Maher has joined a burgeoning chorus of pundits in railing against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over an ill-timed trip to Ghana she took as her city became engulfed in ongoing wildfires. The wildfires have devastated Southern California since last Tuesday: More than 40,

Maher lamented paying 13 percent of his income every year to California officials ‘who I assumed were working on things like this.’

Comedian Bill Maher joined right-wing pundits weaponizing California wildfires to lambast the state government’s progressive-leaning policies in his Friday monologue on HBO’s Real Time. Maher prefaced his argument with,

Maher began by highlighting what he described as governmental mismanagement, emphasizing his frustration with California’s status as a “one-party state.” He criticized local fire departments for what he saw as an emphasis on diversity over firefighting,

Comedian Bill Maher slammed the government’s response to the Los Angeles fires and, in part, blamed “wokeness,” for the natural disaster in the region, saying the government’s role is to protect its residents from “crime,