Two Republican senators probing L.A.’s response to the Palisades fire in January have requested records about the city’s wildfire preparedness and response efforts — as well as those related to any diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies for the city’s Fire Department and Department of Water and Power.

The request, made last week, is part of an ongoing congressional investigation from Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, and Rick Scott, R-Florida. Launched in September, the senators called the devastating fire “an unacceptable failure of government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.”

The senators asked L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson to provide all records referring to the creation of DEI hiring policies for the LAFD and LADWP beginning in April 2

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