Former L.A. deputy mayor cites mental health issues for why he called in fake bomb threat

Brian K. Williams, former deputy mayor of public safety under Mayor Bass, was sentenced to probation for calling in a fake bomb threat.

Williams said he was suffering mental health issues following family deaths when he told police someone threatened to bomb City Hall over Israel support.

He actually made the threatening call himself using Google Voice to escape a stressful meeting at City Hall last October.

A former senior member of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ staff was sentenced to a year probation and 50 hours of community service for calling in a fake bomb threat that he told a judge stemmed from “mental health issues.”

During his sentencing hearing Monday afternoon, Brian K. Williams, a longtime law enforcement oversight official who served as Bass’ deputy mayor of public safety