Can you imagine the corruption that this would give birth to ? They have already proven that they are as incompetent as you can possibly be .

I'm confident that the taxpayers will get an itemized bill for 16.8 billion in fire fighting costs. It was the entire US's fault anyway, no need for insurance companies any more if the government will pay for it.
So many things about this is rather upsetting for me, to say the least.

I have watched all his series of the aftermath of the fires, well worth the time to watch. The episode before this with the women who is a developer in that area was very informative especially at the end when Adam comented about the political change and the people involved in holding up the permits.

A week or two ago, I saw where ONLY 55 permits have been issued so far to remove debris to start re-building. Trump called it correctly that they would drag out the permit process during the press conference right afterwards.

The Adam carolla series of Malibu fire blogs has been fascinating. He’s funny, lives in the neighborhood and has a serious construction knowledge being a journeyman CD erected before getting into radio in the 90’s.

Per Adam and his guests, permits so far are only for rehuikdbof same size home. So the old mid century homes that were “small” can only be rebuilt for the same square footage. Whereas in normal times a 1500 square foot mid century ranch home would be knocked down and a 5000 square foot stucco mansion erected. To get a permit to build a mini mansion on what was formerly a small home lot will never be issued.

And the lost homes on the beach side of the highway ? Forget it. We will all be old, old men before they ever build on the beach. Hopefully I’m wrong. But there are people who lost homes to fires 5+ years ago still waiting for permits.

ANd another county heard from...

She is a Palisades real estate developer. If you go back, she is saying today what I said would happen at the time of the fires.

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She was in one of the Adam Carolla videos touring the area with Adam for the entire episode.

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Originally posted by HRK:
https://x.com/jsolomonReports/.../1945070883871068187

Apparently the ca.gov handed over $101M for this effort.

That buys about 50 1/4 acre lots in the Palisades.

Another 'Conspiracy Theory' Comes True: California Bill Passes To Buy Fire-Ravaged Palisades For Low-Income Apartments

The writing is on the wall — bold and in large font — for private landowners and homeowners in areas governed by socialist-aligned officials who have zero respect for private property. They're coming for your land.

Remember Marxist-aligned New York City Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, who called for the government to "seize" luxury condos to house the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic. These far-left officials have made their Marxist intentions clear, and they can no longer be ignored.

Shift to the West Coast, homeowners in the fire-ravaged Palisades, part of the Los Angeles area governed by Marxist-aligned Mayor Karen Bass, have been left homeless and with more questions than answers—the top questions:

If the Pacific Palisades Reservoir had been filled during last year's wildfire, could their homes have been saved?

Why did the city neglect the reservoir, and was it intentional?

But that's after the fact, and thousands of hardworking families have been left homeless due to what appears to be epic fire mismanagement by Democrats in City Hall. The whole "global warming" narrative isn't sticking this time, overshadowed by sheer incompetence that increasingly looks intentional with each passing month.

https://x.com/TonySeruga/statu...re-ravaged-palisades



Just The News reports that California Senate Bill 549 has passed, allowing Los Angeles County and other municipalities to create "Resilient Rebuilding Authorities" (RRAs) funded by property taxes. In other words, Democrats want to use public funds to acquire fire-destroyed lots cheaply, coordinate rebuilding, and develop low-income housing.

Here's more:

As a funding mechanism, the bill would allow the RRA for the Los Angeles wildfires to "Issue, receive, and administer funds, including, but not limited to, tax-increment financing, federal loans and grants, state loans and grants, and philanthropic grants, to support recovery."

RRA-LAW would then be able to use taxpayer funds to oversee most of the construction process, and would be granted the power to "Purchase lots at a fair price for land banking," "purchase critical construction materials in bulk," and "Support the reconstruction workforce by partnering with trades, facilitating training and workforce development, and creating temporary workforce housing."

RRA-LAW would also "Facilitate reconstruction of lost rental housing stock, including by promotion of accessory dwelling units, senior-serving housing, and replacement of affordable housing lost in the fires."

The remaining funding could be used for "multifamily affordable housing projects," "transit capital projects," and "transit-oriented development projects."

Wednesday's hearing is set for just over a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the allocation of $101 million in taxpayer funds for "multifamily low-income housing development" in communities in Los Angeles devastated by the Palisades, Eaton and Hughes wildfires.

In conjunction with the governor's funding announcement, which provides per-unit funding of up to $450,000 in loans and up to $90,000 in grants, funding from RRA-LAW could make it easier for more income-restricted housing to be built in the Los Angeles area.

In Los Angeles, 73% of city planning applications for new units are for income-restricted housing. In the previous four years, income-restricted housing represented only an average of 30%, meaning the latest data reflects a precipitous drop-off in production for standard, market-rate housing.

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...re-ravaged-palisades