Karen Bass hasn’t played it straight about her office’s role in editing the LA Fire Department’s after-action report on the Palisades Fire. Last week, when it emerged that Bass’s office had seen the report before it was published, the mayor denied watering it down. “Mayor Bass has been unequivocal for months — she reviewed an early draft of the report and only asked the LAFD to make sure it was accurate on issues like weather and budget,” a spokesperson told The California Post . But as The