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LA County Supervisors Hire Trump-Hater Stanley McChrystal for ‘Listening Tour’ of LA Fire Areas

April 7, 2025 8:35 amApril 7, 2025 1:42 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hired a notorious Trump hater, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal, to do a “listening tour” of the people of the Palisades and Eaton Fires areas. Are the Supervisors incapable of doing the listening...

CA Assembly Republicans Announce Wildfire Prevention, Response & Recovery Legislation

January 28, 2025 11:51 amJanuary 28, 2025 11:51 am

Assembly Republicans announced a series of bills to address and improve California’s wildfire prevention, response and recovery efforts. The Republican proposals will streamline badly needed wildfire prevention projects, encourage residents to harden their homes against fire, hold people accountable for...

California Legislature Approves $2.5B Wildfire Relief Bills

January 23, 2025 1:09 pmJanuary 23, 2025 5:20 pm

California State Senators and Assembly members unanimously passed two bills Thursday morning to provide a total of $3 billion to help Los Angeles begin recovery and cleanup from the devastating wildfires. The proposed funding in Assembly Bill 4 and Senate...

Should Same Politicians Responsible for LA’s Destruction Oversee Its Rebuilding?

January 20, 2025 2:55 amJanuary 20, 2025 2:56 am

Virtually the entire town of Pacific Palisades, my home, has been destroyed by the recent fire. That is all one needs to know to conclude that Los Angeles’ and California’s leaders were grossly negligent. This simply cannot happen in a...

Will California’s Wildfire Failures Usher in a Common Sense Political Era?

January 15, 2025 2:55 amJanuary 15, 2025 2:56 am

The eye-opening failures we’ve witnessed in the Pacific Palisades and Los Angeles fires could potentially occur all over the state. Because, it boils down to a top-to-bottom lack of leadership. This lack-of-leadership stems from hidden agendas, which stem from incompetent...

California’s Leadership Crisis: The Arc of Insanity Continues

January 12, 2025 2:55 amJanuary 12, 2025 2:56 am

In the scorched landscapes of California, it’s not just dry wood and mismanagement that have sparked the infernos—it’s the overt narcissism and vanity of politicians like Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Their obsession with self-promotion and...

California Wildfires are NOT Climate Driven

January 11, 2025 8:37 amJanuary 14, 2025 5:25 pm

Yesterday the Sacramento Bee claimed that the Palisades fires are because of climate change. “No joke,” as the outgoing President likes to say. Sacramento Bee: Climate change fueled LA area wildfires in CA, experts say PBS: Warming climate created ‘perfect...