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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #100 on: January 08, 2025, 07:23:08 pm »
January 8, 2025 6:25pm EST
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
LA Mayor Karen Bass slashed fire department spending last year

By Breck Dumas FOXBusiness

Los Angeles' budget is in the spotlight as multiple wildfires rage around the city amid revelations that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending on the city's homeless population.

For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles budgeted $837 million for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which was roughly 65% the size of the homeless budget of $1.3 billion.

An analysis by LA's city comptroller last year found that roughly half the budget for homelessness went unspent.

From the 2023-2024 to the 2024-2025 budgets, the LAFD’s budget was reduced by over $17 million from $837,191,237 to $819,637,423.

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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #101 on: January 08, 2025, 07:27:22 pm »
 Published January 8, 2025 12:01pm EST
California wildfires: What to take when evacuating
More than 30K residents are under evacuation orders

By Daniella Genovese FOXBusiness


In the event of a wildfire, the Red Cross implores residents to have an evacuation plan that includes multiple escape routes from their home and community. They also need to be equipped with a slew of emergency items, including masks and baby food, for their "go-kit."

The Red Cross told FOX Business that currently hundreds of residents are already seeking safe refuge at evacuation centers across the Los Angeles County area, as at least four fires burn in the area.

More than 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders.

Once they receive an official evacuation order, they need to "heed the orders of local authorities and follow instructions," according to the Red Cross. However, even if residents do not receive an order, they should leave if they feel threatened or unsafe, according to the organization.

The Red Cross said the most up-to-date listing of shelters can be found on the free Red Cross Emergency App or by calling 1-800-Red-Cross.

The Red Cross said that it is important to plan an evacuation route ahead of time because you may have to leave at a moment's notice.

What you need to bring in a "go-kit," according to the Red Cross:

A "go-kit" should be three days of supplies that you can easily carry with you, while a stay-at-home kit should be two weeks of supplies.

    The emergency kit should be in the car. If there is time, residents should replenish items in short supply, especially medications or medical supplies
    A 1-month supply of medication in a child-proof container
    A mask and hand sanitizer
    Special items for children, like food, formula, diapers, extra clothing and toys
    Items for pets, including a leash, pet medications and pet food
    Personal hygiene items, pillows, blankets, towels, change of clothing or other items you may want to have at a shelter
    Cell phone charger or external battery packs.

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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #102 on: January 08, 2025, 08:26:52 pm »
Yup, the woke Californians, who will blather on with land acknowledgements and praising indigenous knowledge, don't want the indigenous knowledge about how to manage forests and avoid wildfires.

Actually, it's surprising how few places have embrace controlled burns.  We do them for prairie management here in Kansas, but just to the south, in Oklahoma, they don't and are always having wildfires.
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« Reply #103 on: January 08, 2025, 08:26:58 pm »
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« Reply #104 on: January 08, 2025, 08:35:46 pm »
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« Reply #105 on: January 08, 2025, 08:53:44 pm »
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #106 on: January 08, 2025, 08:55:45 pm »
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« Reply #107 on: January 08, 2025, 09:10:43 pm »
I don’t know if there is anything to say that hasn’t already been said. This is just horrifying.
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« Reply #108 on: January 08, 2025, 09:11:15 pm »
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #109 on: January 08, 2025, 09:21:56 pm »
Notice to all climate change fanatics:

1.  Wind does NOT cause brush fires. 

2.  It is winter.  Southern California is NOT hot by any means.  It's cold at night and cool during the day.

3. Winter weather does NOT cause brush fires.  People cause them.

4.  They spread because brush has not been cleared for decades due to the insane demands of climate change fanatics.

This was the case with devastating fires in Arizona a few years ago, and the fanatics haven't backed off, haven't learned anything.
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #110 on: January 08, 2025, 09:43:43 pm »
LA Fire Dept Budget:

$670K for Equity and Inclusion Staffing
$420L for Diversity in Recruitment


https://ens.lacity.org/lafd/lafdreportarchv/lafdlafdreport1864164833_09062022.pdf
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #111 on: January 08, 2025, 09:54:05 pm »
Natural disasters are devastating and tragic. But, when policy and political malfeasance contributes to the heartbreak, it is particularly so.
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #112 on: January 08, 2025, 09:59:44 pm »
You reap what you sow Cali.  This might be a wake-up call.   Or not.  Probably not.  But o'well
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #113 on: January 08, 2025, 10:06:58 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on January 08, 2025, 09:07:06 am
What’s the old expression?

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

I think that applies here.

Another old expression that is true in all conditions:

'If you're gonna hide a potato in your pants, hide it in the front, not the back.'

Not that it has anything to do with this thread, jussayin.
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #114 on: January 08, 2025, 10:14:35 pm »
They fired half their firefighters for not taking a covid shot...
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #115 on: January 08, 2025, 10:15:27 pm »
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They fired half their firefighters for not taking a covid shot...

Did they really?
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« Reply #116 on: January 08, 2025, 10:23:50 pm »
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They fired half their firefighters for not taking a covid shot...

LAFD: 113 firefighters off-duty without pay due to LA's vaccine mandate

December 6, 2021  |  3:37pm PST

LOS ANGELES - A total of 113 Los Angeles city firefighters have been removed from duty without pay for failing to meet the city's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, the department announced Monday.  .  .  .

.  .  .  Firefighters who continue to resist the vaccination mandate "will be entered into the process for termination of their employment, as outlined in the City Charter," Getuiza said.

https://www.foxla.com/news/lafd-113-firefighters-off-duty-without-pay-due-to-vaccine-mandate
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #117 on: January 09, 2025, 01:42:05 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on January 08, 2025, 06:32:36 pm
The Woke LGBTQ Fire Brigade - or Ladies' Night in West Hollywood - who couldn't fight a fire if their lives depended upon it.


This is the fire chief, assistant chief, and training commander in Los Angeles Fire Department:


Sounds very stylish.
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« Reply #118 on: January 09, 2025, 06:15:42 am »
State Farm canceled California homeowners’ insurance policies months before wildfires
 
State Farm canceled hundreds of homeowners’ insurance policies for residents in many of the same areas now in the path of the Southern California wildfires.

The insurance company’s reasoning for canceling policies for people living in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles County, California, was due to elevated concerns associated with an increase in the frequency and magnitude of wildfires in the state, according to Newsweek.
 
The decision was announced in March, claiming it would cancel 72,000 property policies in California, 30,000 of which were home insurance policies, the Los Angeles Times reported. The cancellations went into effect over the summer. Around 1,600 homes in Pacific Palisades were victims of State Farm’s policy cancellations.

The insurance company’s decision was deemed a necessary business strategy to prevent “financial failure” allegedly due to California state laws that prevented companies from raising premiums to match the elevated risk, Newsweek reported. Other insurance companies followed State Farm’s decision, which has resulted in a significant homeowner insurance crisis in the state as residents have been limited in their options.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/natural-disasters/state-farm-canceled-california-homeowners-insurance-policies-months-before-wildfires/ar-BB1r8RZv?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=4cb3399be2784415cf37fc28de8858a6&ei=132
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #119 on: January 09, 2025, 06:18:39 am »

Rick Caruso says there's no water to fight Pacific Palisades fire: 'Absolute mismanagement'
Story by Danielle Wallace • 15h


Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer who unsuccessfully ran against Karen Bass for mayor in 2022, said stifled water supply as the Pacific Palisades fire reduces mulit-million-dollar real estate to ashes represents "absolute mismanagement by the city."

"There's no water in the Palisades. There's no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is an absolute mismanagement by the city. Not the firefighters' fault, but the city's," Caruso, a former mayoral candidate, told Fox11 Los Angeles.
 
"We have got a mayor that is out of the country, and we have got a city that is burning, and there is no resources to put out fires," Caruso added. "It looks like we're in a third-world country here."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/fire-and-rescue/rick-caruso-says-there-s-no-water-to-fight-pacific-palisades-fire-absolute-mismanagement/ar-AA1xbYo6?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=4cb3399be2784415cf37fc28de8858a6&ei=139
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #120 on: January 09, 2025, 06:20:09 am »
Voters are getting exactly what they voted for.
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« Reply #121 on: January 09, 2025, 06:22:54 am »
Former LA county sheriff sounds off on California wildfires, budget cuts: 'Very preventable'

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva discusses the local response to 'devastating' California wildfires on 'The Big Money Show.'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/natural-disasters/former-la-county-sheriff-sounds-off-on-california-wildfires-budget-cuts-very-preventable/vi-AA1xbGNC?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=4cb3399be2784415cf37fc28de8858a6&ei=151
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #122 on: January 09, 2025, 06:35:54 am »

 Fact Check: Did California Donate Firefighting Equipment to Ukraine?
Story by Khaleda Rahman • 1h

As firefighters continue to battle devastating fires raging in the Los Angeles region, some have brought up California agencies donating firefighting supplies to Ukraine.

At least five wildfires have burned through almost 30,000 acres since Tuesday, growing fast in high winds and causing at least five deaths.
 
More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, with the most recent mandatory evacuation orders coming on Wednesday evening after a new blaze, the Sunset Fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills.

Firefighters are continuing to fight the Palisades Fire west of Los Angeles, which has become the most destructive in Los Angeles history, as well as the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley and another blaze near Acton.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/fire-and-rescue/fact-check-did-california-donate-firefighting-equipment-to-ukraine/ar-BB1r9aBQ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=4cb3399be2784415cf37fc28de8858a6&ei=185
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #123 on: January 09, 2025, 06:43:50 am »
Liberals Are Blaming The CA Wildfires On … You Guessed It, Trump
 
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When things go wrong and you’re a liberal, your first instinct is to find a Republican, any Republican (but usually Donald Trump), and point the finger at them: it’s your fault because I hate you.

That is exactly what some liberals appear to be doing in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. The Bulwark’s managing editor, Sam Stein, appeared to blame Trump for the fires, claiming that he “threatened publicly to cut wildfire aid to the state.” (RELATED: Incredibly Insane Video Of Two Men, Dog Trapped In Home And Surrounded By Flames Is Complete Nightmare Fuel)

The swift devastation of the #PalisadesFire is horrible. And then it dawns on you that Trump, set to take office in 13 days, has threatened publicly to cut wildfire aid to the state.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 8, 2025


California is once again under the threat of severe wildfires.

Thousands of acres burned, hundreds of homes destroyed.

Our piece of shit President Elect Trump has already threatened California that he’s going to withhold federal disaster aid due to political differences.

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/liberals-blame-trump-california-los-angeles-wildfires-climate-change/?dicbo=&utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spot_im_redirect_source=pitc
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Re: LIVE THREAD>>> California Wild Fires
« Reply #124 on: January 09, 2025, 07:09:25 am »
When I was stationed on the Lex in Pensacola, I'd drive over to the tree farms in LA(Lower Alabama), to shoot handguns. They performed controlled burns regularly.
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