The Los Angeles wildfires: Confronting the pain of loss

[@FrankMendez1969]

Talk about the Insurance Companies canceling their policies on these people...

[@jellyproductions3767]

Why?

[@elultimo102]

The companies knew that the rewards don't justify the risk. They were right.

[@rkms5606]

They're not returning the premiums. They are very WRONG. ​@@elultimo102

[@crtune]

In 2018 the Malibu area lost dozens and dozens of homes. This casualty disaster was huge, and yet we still have seen no really mature, adult set of new public policies. Vast (check the map for "The Summit") new housing development was continued on the hills over Palisades, and yet no hard nosed insistence upon over building super robust water systems for this very large development high up on this set of hills was included into this thing. Meanwhile in other areas dead wood was building up for many years on the forested hillsides. There will be fires. But it winds up as "consequences" if those fires are super large, or if they are lesser and nonetheless tragic. It's best to incur the costs but have LESSER wild fire. This all has to do with humans DECIDING to live on hillsides, DECIDING not to pay the costs and remove the dead wood from forests, or failing to build out robust water systems (or leaving reservoirs empty for repairs). These are the controllable DECISIONS. Public Policy.

[@Steve-wm1ol]

@@jellyproductions3767 Because the California did not all allow them to raise rates.

[@meganp340]

As an LA native with all off my support system living in LA, I am living in San Diego currently I have so much sadness in my heart sending love and healing to anyone and everyone affected ❤😔

[@Neekieredtop60]

So Sorry! May God Bless everyone who is affected by this. This is devastating

[@buzzsmith8146]

Wow. This really makes it more relatable when you tie names to the properties that they've, unfortunately, lost. Thanks.

[@lipshamorrissey4636]

Now, cover the fact that State Farm CANCELED fire insurance policies in California just a few months ago.

[@Rtu776]

Why? Because they saw the inept government not clearing brush, not filling the reservoirs, not being smart about dams and water management to save a fish rather than people. They said,” You can do all that, just don’t expect us to get stuck with the bill for it.”

[@jellyproductions3767]

Why ?

[@lipshamorrissey4636]

@Rtu776 Well hell no! You don't make record profits by PAYING for things. 🥾👅🥾👅🥾👅🥾👅

[@howardj602]

@@Rtu776 They also CANCELED storm damage policies in Florida.

[@crtune]

The casualty insurance problem falls directly out from events. In 2018 a massive fire leveled a large part of Malibu with many multi-million dollar homes totally gone; this in an area heavily underwritten by major insurers. There was great litigation and fighting and there were billions paid out, so now, the future for current underwriting is also tens of billions. But the public policies which led to no hydrant water or to build up of deadwood, or to OH lines of power not going down during hurricane winds. Those are DECISIONS and they don't really relate to casualty insurance, but more to PUBLIC POLICY. Of course the insurance will have heavy difficulty actually paying out.

[@adelaferreira4575]

All this is heartbreaking to watch,my heart goes out to all the people who lost their homes in LA ,rich and poor the feeling of homelessness is the same ,God bless !

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Support and love for California, a state that has given the nation and the world so much and with open arms.

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

My step son was sent out with the national guard to help and I hope everything will be better 😢❤

[@veronicajade20]

I don't even know what to say. This is devastating. My heart & deepest sympathies go out to Los Angelenos.😢♥️

[@RedlineDR1200]

No water = negligence

[@stephenSO11]

= sabotage if you ask me

[@elultimo102]

Any excess rain or flood water is sent out to sea, because the little fishies need it more than the tax paying people.

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

There is water but the water pumps run on electricity...no electricity because of wildfires. No water pressure to put out fires ..

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

@@RedlineDR1200 there's water but water pressure lack of is due to no electricity to power the water pumps.

[@crtune]

Right. This is not really "Almost randomly" happening. These are consequences to public policy decisions.

[@Mountainsarecool1]

I hate all the compassionless people leaving hateful comments

[@Trychinaroad]

Because your house didn’t burn down,

[@AFloridaSon]

You hate people just because they left hateful comments? 🤔

[@Mountainsarecool1]

@@AFloridaSon true I hate this, every catastrophe people just leave comments like, California is evil that's why they have fires. Etc..

[@leonskum7705]

Karmageddon 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Haters gonna hate. 😂

[@nobody.special.basically]

I'm sorry for your losses, Lee! May your memories be enough, for now.

[@hannahlovesmiracles]

Thank you for this comments on the fires! I feel with everyone affected. May the fires stop immediately.

[@jacquelinemswartz9293]

I lived there until I was 16 yrs old . My grand folks aunts and uncles are buried there .prays to all.😢

[@JosephSalinas-r4r]

I'm so glad I moved out 1 1/2 years ago. 😮😮😊😊🎉❤

[@rebeccajuarez2304]

I want to thank God that my son is safe. Our prayers are with those that have their lives and to the ones that lost their homes🙏

[@Sharetruth777]

My heart aches for all that are going through this. I lost my home to a fire in 2024. I have to remind myself that as long as I am alive, the stuff I lost does not matter. I am so thankful for family and friends I would be lost without them. I also thank God for the many blessings I realized as time went on. One was my dog had cancer and had surgery, so he was not in the house. There are many other's as well.

[@23Bentley45]

Yes, it is terrible that people lost their homes and mansions, but please mention the thousands and thousands of wild animals who also lost their homes and their lives.

[@zemlidrakona2915]

I like the Pacific Palisades guy who stayed and said he just had hose down some embers to save his house. Meanwhile many of his neighbors' houses burned to the ground. Maybe evacuation isn't always the best option.

[@jellyproductions3767]

John Carr

[@armandoramos2887]

There was an old man in Altadena, if I'm not mistaken, that tried to hose down his house but ended up dying doing so. I say the ones who successfully saved their homes are lucky.

[@skylerssupercarlife348]

How about confronting the people in charge who let this happen?!?

[@judithgannon5642]

What's Santa Ana's address?

[@GaGooch71]

Can't do that because they're the protected class.

[@emichaelny336]

Progressives confronting Progressives? Don't make me laugh.

[@emichaelny336]

@@judithgannon5642 If you're going to blame Santa Ana every time this happens, then there's no point in having an LAFD, fire hydrants, water, etc. Just save your money, do nothing and enjoy the show.

[@janbarrett4544]

NOBODY was in charge of the change in climate except God.

[@work2gather]

I haven't heard anyone talk about the difference in costs from a house that is paid for (lived in over the term of a loan) and the very different costs of new construction... plus tax changes. I have heard those were the highest tax areas. Plus insurance costs, if they can even be found. It's a whole different choice. Most lower income people will never even have the option.

[@EnronnSierra]

Its a reminder that material stuff, you have to leave it all behind. My plan in the coming years is to have less stuff as I get older. Currently I collect vintage computers and software, starting next year, I plan to get rid of it all. I should be able to live out of a small suit case if something like this happens. It makes sense too, with the cost of living going up, inability to afford a home, why would you anyway, just to lose it all through an act of nature? From what we have seen, it will be decades before that place returns to some semblance of normalcy. Those who were grandfathered in are likely gonna have to sell and move to somewhere cheaper.

[@steveconn]

Thank you to the brave men and women who face impossible odds rescuing Angelenos ❤

[@fwily2580]

I only see fire brigades of men in these reports. The reporting must be ….( the m word)

[@newbooks9858]

How about trying water and forests management?

[@emichaelny336]

Environmentalists will oppose.

[@nosellout5480]

No they won't. Forest Management is greatly needed.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

@@nosellout5480 The two biggest triggers for fires in CA are arson and power lines. CA has been fighting its utility companies for not doing enough to prevent fires.

[@janlim9374]

@@emichaelny336 It's crazy that they've been avoiding controlled burns because they said it would lead to bad air quality in LA. Now the air quality is worse than ever because we have tens of thousands of homes and cars burning up. You have to wonder...

[@crtune]

@@nosellout5480 Be sure to check back when solid proposals are on the table. I hope you are right, but I doubt it.

[@tjwash2]

I feel for the people but between California and Nevada there are millions of people living where there's no water. Nature is just doing what it does. Firefighters shouldn't have to save structures, they should be allowed to just contain the outer borders of the fires, the interior will run out of fuel for the fire pretty quickly

[@wellnative1]

You are normalizing the impacts of climate change. Fire season in CA use to be a season not all year around like it is now. This is beyond mother nurture. This is man made consequences to corporations doing whatever they want to the environment and us in the name of profit.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Not feeling sorry for the celebrity home loss - as they all have two or three MANSIONS - but the average citizen I do feel sad for as they have lost everything and probably have very little to any money to replace them.

[@christineturner2964]

While it is true that the rich have more options this fire is devastating on all levels. I feel sad for everyone and every animal affected. Everyone has felt loss -- even those of us looking from afar. I have lived through many hurricanes including Hurricane Harvey, but I cannot imagine the horror these families faced. I hope they get the help they need, but I also hope we can learn from the experience.

[@jeannesutter4951]

Celebrities may deeper pockets, but that doesn’t diminish the loss of a grandmother’s quilt, or a treasured holiday ornament, or a child’s artwork. They’re people w families, pets, and memories. Everyone deserves compassion.

[@PaulaZF]

It hurts the same no matter how much you have in the bank. But yes, a good friend in Altadena lost her little house just months after her mother died in that house at 103. Everything was lost.

[@MrFernanrc]

celebrities we hope will step up to the plate and do something immediately to put someone in charge that can use their brain and make sure we are safe. People who are paid by wealthy donors, even those who are owners of our water and don't care about us, should not be allowed to buy others and push their ideas on us.

[@tdlkorbt666]

@@jeannesutter4951 WRONG

[@jennymacallan9071]

Several iconic architectural structures lost, including the Bridges House. No coming back from that.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

all are gone!!!

[@kat.b.3556]

I think it's time to hold insurance companies to the light of what's fair for consumers who paid their insurance premiums for years without fail, even as they got more expensive every year. To be cancelled with the insurance company looking at their bottom line. This shouldn't be possible. ANOTHER SHAME, why can't we get a decent percentage point for a regular savings account? banks can charge 35% on credit card interest, but nothing or .006 interest? On $350K only $12.00 a month interest? WHY SAVE ? and don't get me started on inheritence taxes of 35% when the person paid taxes on that money already as they earned it year after year. I'm mad at these things and it's time we treated American citizens better. We are all struggling through life, why can't the polititians care about the people not themselves???

[@ApoIIo95]

How come the media is not covering North Carolina and it's devastation?

[@loveboxinglucky1716]

Thats the way it is tragically!! Its the world of money and greed thats why!

[@crtune]

Because "media" are nasty. Not good? That's my hypothesis.

[@buraq2406]

Coz this is the state considered to be the backbone of israhell who is BURNING Gaza

[@gloriahohman2790]

I'm so so sorry for these great losses from the horrific wildfires. They have lost everything including human lives, pets & livestock not to mention churches schools stores businesses and the amazing architectural structures and so much more too numerous to mention. We need to help.😢

[@djdollase]

Great reporting and storytelling as usual. Just devastating for most all of LA County…

[@shaliseshaw9385]

Still praying for landmarks, other people's houses, businesses, stores, etc. in Los Angeles to be rebuilt. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@angelg2700]

Heart breaking..😢

[@jeffreykindron7162]

My heart ached as I watched these devastating fires from Western New York. Beyond donating money, I feel helpless. 😢

[@tatiyana8934]

This all - is just so badly heart breaking.../ 🙏 For the first time in my life I feel like... I couldn't find words. I just don't know what to say to people, who have lost their homes... in such a... mess/ chaos... I don't know how to call this... ...Home... /is one of the basic, so important feelings... - like I feel It, - it is a part of my personality... I can hardly imagine what people can feel... about all these gone in fire...💔😔 I just wish... It could stop as soon as it is possible I wish... no victims... will occure any longer... And I wish people could get ... help and rehabilitation, and the support to overcome/ and another start... I can hardly find any words, I'm shocked with emotions.../ I am a huge fan of Hollywood and consider it as the "Mecca" and the heart of the Westen, what it call (I guess), - soft-power and most authoritative influences... I'm writing from a faraway country, And I feel about it - as about... my personal grief.../ with most sincere compassion, (from Msc./R.) 😔

[@vangie72]

Keep safe everyone 🙏.

[@lyaminehadjadj2284]

Lesson learned from the Los Angeles fire : Money is nothing compared to greatness and power of God.

[@loismiller7742]

Community gone, extended families ripped apart, children and elderly sent to live @ family to get some security. Kids need to get back to school. People need to find jobs. Yup, we know here in Butte County what a conflagration of a community does. Paradise, Camp Fire 2018 - Then: Middletown, Weed, Redding, Berry Creek, Feather Falls, small towns around Lake Tahoe, Shastina, Ashland, OR and other towns on I-5. Etc, etc, etc. It's LA, it's horrible - ya'll are dealing with tragedy and loss, getting press. Others have suffered too, let's not forget... What about all the towns in NC/ TN that lost everything? What about Florida - hurricanes, tornadoes wiping out town after town in Midwest? Pay attention people, this isn't anything new. Help whenever, however you can. Many many many need our help.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Thank you for thinking of how to help.

[@AFloridaSon]

Rebuilding this many single dwelling homes would take decades. Newsom will finally get those smart condos that he has dreamed of.

[@elultimo102]

Gavin and cronies will likely buy up the land at bargain prices. (Why does this look so much like the fires in Hawaii---no water in their hydrants either. Some people are going to get very rich---while many more lose everything).

[@richtorres5115]

So uplifting!!

[@victoriaknox9623]

My heart weeps 💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜

[@ravenscry048]

I am holding everyone involved in these California fires in my heart .A similar fire burned through the area where I live in northest NewMexico in 2022. I ,my employee and our 5 horses were evacuated for about 22 days. I left my dogs and cats there to fend for themselves and neighbors who stayed behind except for the three days around the burn through took care of them. I was very fortunate that all my buildings , equipment & animals survived. Many firefighters from several states helped all in that fire that burned around 431,000 acres. God bless all involved and may you be protected from harm.

[@mollymclean-xj3qd]

Leaving your dogs and cats to fend for themselves? 🤬🤮

[@AeraSteele98]

So you took 5 horses but not your dogs and cats???

[@palashmatt1435]

God bless you all ❤

[@alq2868]

Sensationalism at it it’s best - tragic yes, but vast majority of LA and So Cal is fine, going about it’s business. We Californians feel bad and our heart goes out to Tampa, New Orleans, everywhere else where natural disasters strike, and we expect the same compassion in return instead of blame and politicizing.

[@LeeBross-r7r]

California has so many restrictions and laws that rebuilding will be a nightmare taking years to get construction permits. Then there is the Coastal Commission and the Sierra Club who will block any construction along the beach and hills. No gas stoves, water heaters, furnaces, swimming pools need double walls to prevent water from leaking and contaminating the ground water.. construction loan with no insurance due to insurance companies refusing to insure homes in fire areas...

[@kdplain2923]

I am so sorry to those who are impacted for the loss, pain and sadness from these California fires. More USA citizens stand with you and will not spread hate. We will help you.💝🇺🇸

[@CatBeck-lg7gp]

How did they kno where was the water?

[@billbill5326]

Heartbreaking! 😢

[@anderander5662]

Can we fine California for increasing CO2 emissions

[@emichaelny336]

Indeed, imagine how much they added to climate change!

[@Leslie-mw2zu]

Yeah, a lot there to agree with.

[@kimberlyguillen7324]

Didnhis house get burned down though?

[@alexanderangelo7284]

So much ignorance in so many comments sections about the complexity of fire season in CA and how climate change makes it worse. Not to mention all of the hatred and schadenfreude towards LA. Everything is so politicized these days. 😔

[@HerAeolianHarp]

It is disgusting.

[@crtune]

You have some plan which GUARANTEES that no such change (AGW) will happen? You need to lay out clearly this miraculous plan. I'd suggest that reality only has a few CONTROLLABLE elements. You can prohibit development in dangerous areas. YOU can mandate extremely robust water systems for dangerous areas. You can cull dead wood out of National Forests, but the rest is random and non-controllable, or partly controllable. It's not "wise" to approach only partly or speculatively controllable elements and IGNORE those pieces which are totally controllable. This is the kind of BAD POLICY which has led to this disaster. Do the things which are CONTROLLABLE, even if they cost money, even if it takes will power. Public Policy by adults.

[@mikebrown965]

Newsom & Bass have to be fired IMMEDIATELY!!!!! Democrat voters in California have to realize that the current politicians in California (Like Pelosi, Newsom, Bass) - THEY ARE WOLVES DRESSED IN SHEEPS CLOTHING - THEY ARE NOT DEMOCRATS in the traditional sense. The current Republican party is more representative of the traditional JFK era Democrat party...........ya'll need to disassociate from the label 'Democrat' and look at the ACTIONS AND VALUES - WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING ACHIEVED. I think this is what the issue is.........people are sooooo tied up in the labels that they're blind to the fact that a Trojan Horse has infiltrated the party and the current Political leaders are doing an inside job to destroy us. Wake up voters, please - how much worse does our state have to get before you wake up????

[@crtune]

Please note that vast, dangerous fires like this happened hundreds and hundreds of years ago. THINK. This may have some relation to AGW, but this same stuff was happening long before any recorded history. So, there are only some limited controllable things which can possibly be good policy here. Fighting some world wide phenomenon to deal with things that have LOCAL, PRACTICAL aspects is BAD POLICY. We have seen the result of BAD POLICY.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

@crtune We have NEVER seen fires like this. This is the largest in LA county history, and its happening in WINTER. We have always had a fire season. But they have become larger, stronger, more intense, and the fire season is practically all year round. You can't tell me this has happened for centuries. Fires like this one have not happened for centuries. I am LA born and bred. I've NEVER seen fires this big near the beach.

[@davidpayne3628]

A lesson for those on the "privatize everything" bandwagon...Private entities (schools, insurance companies, etc.) can exclude you or deny you service at any time, for any reason, whenever they feel like it.

[@user-q3cIy1mkx9]

I learned that fire and wind is the most dangerous and devastating combination in world history.

[@flashflame4952]

This is beyond devastating and heartbreaking!

[@jamescarlsen2789]

They are getting what they voted for

[@leonskum7705]

Karmageddon.

[@flashflame4952]

@@leonskum7705 Nahhhh! That's not it.

[@Cloudchopper-x1r]

Loss in LA, loss in Gaza. those things are connected.

[@user-Kova15]

They’re literally on different continents, but somehow they’re connected? Make it make sense

[@shaliseshaw9385]

Praying for water pressure in Los Angeles to be restored, another fire not to happen in Los Angeles again, more firefighters to put out the fires, etc. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@kellypond9377]

Insurance...what a scam.

[@BGM16]

My heart goes out to all the Community. 😢. 1. Rebuild with concrete and steel. 2. Redesign the whole urban map. 3. Much greater distance between houses. 4. A new subdivision of land now knowing is an area prone to extreme wildfires. 5. A new and efficient water reservoir and distribution system.

[@readg4fun]

I will add Stop reducing FD budget by millions. Stop giving political comments (governor & county major) and follow through on the promises.

[@badbrianinkansas]

you seem confused . . . this was deliberate just like maui . . . to eminent domain and buy up all real estate, there for pennies on the shekel . . .

[@kenfrancisworld8720]

Kaiser Permante, one of the Southland's biggest healthcare providers, does not value mental healthcare. Kaiser's mental healthcare workers have been on strike since October 21, 2024 and Kaiser has not sat with the NUHW union for negotiations in 2 months. Workers are striking for better working conditions and the ability to provide treatment (over just stabilization) to their patients. Kaiser needs to settle so that workers can get back to work and address the needs of this community NOW!

[@PaulaZF]

Just wanted let you know that the closed caption I just watched from the broadcast version said that the motel was built by “Willie Nelson”. Here it correctly says “William Randolph Hearst “. Nice piece by the way. I’m a native of Pasadena watching from across the county in Boston.

[@Bryanbkk]

It will all grow back, hopefully, more robust this time.

[@aden6986]

God doesn't stop it because he is punishing LA for their sins. Never mock Jesus

[@MrAndrewCreech]

To think, in 1000 years, they'll study these building's ruins.

[@tjwash2]

In much less than 1000 years this part of California will be under the Pacific Ocean. But yes, people will be down there checking it out.

[@AeraSteele98]

Pretty sure they will be demolishing and/or rebuilding the ruins

[@user-Kova15]

@@tjwash2it won’t be underwater, but sure

[@tjwash2]

@@user-Kova15 in 1000 years there's no chance it'll be underwater?

[@missbell1634]

God didn’t do this. This is not karma. This is not punishment. A wicked person started these fires in my opinion. That’s it. God doesn’t punish like this. Not the God I serve.

[@rvena.3945]

Make America Mexicana Great Again!!

[@kimberlyguillen7324]

The firew are out now?

[@leokleinhanz3917]

so much destruction. it's going to take months just for the cleanup

[@susannpatton2893]

Thoes insurance companies need sued into bankruptcy. How dare you collect the money for their premiums and then drop them. Better sell your yachts and kids new cars and pay these people.

[@Hurpdurpdipidydoo]

Dei certainly is changing the landscape

[@laurahoward5426]

Is that how you found work, or are you still on WELFARE?

[@Cathy-e1s]

It will help; those homes won't get rebuilt w/o immigrants of color. Our home-grown poor folks don't have the skills or the desire to work hard.

[@bbygrlpt2]

Climate change doesnt discriminate. The poor have already been suffering the consequences and the rich will too

[@gooser__43]

How do we stop climate change 🤔

[@missmaggie5509]

Maybe give more money in taxes.

[@maggieparnell2853]

This isn’t just homes. It’s a whole city. Everyone loses. I

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

Has nothing to do with climate change it's just plain incompetence of leadership.

[@stephenSO11]

You sound insane. This isn’t climate change. It’s sabotage bro.

[@danielf986]

Heartbroken.

[@JJ-ke4gq]

No one can be blamed for the hurricane force winds!!!!

[@roushleague3897]

Y’all did not care that much about Hawaii though

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Hawaii has received $3 billion from the Federal government... Ask your Hawaii reps

[@josehernandez-fs9ek]

So sad 😪😪

[@johnhall9645]

California yall really need better leadership. Your government policy's and your leaders have failed

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

I am amazed that very few commenters miss the fact that the leadership in California has failed.

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

Tell us about it 😢

[@alexanderangelo7284]

​@Soothsayer-rs5nb We are the 5th largest economy in the world. We are doing something right in this state.

[@usmcmsgt5487]

Soon they'll make a Hallmark Movie about a family barely making it alive and along the way rescuing a few people.

[@AMtheAlmostAce]

So will Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, Tubi, Max, Apple TV, etc.

[@PeterHChen-cf3oo]

Governor, city Mayor, Fire Chief all need to resign because of incompetency😢

[@whackamole4909]

how is it incompetence if this was what they intended? at a certain point you have to just say "mission accomplished"

[@jamescarlsen2789]

Why???. The people of California voted for this..and they voted for it for the last 12 yrs..

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

I'm pointing fingers at the fossil fuel industry.They should be rebuilding california😮

[@mpeasee9935]

Don’t point fingers at the fire fighters!! Get your facts!! It’s not their fault that water ran out!! Billionaires stole the water, and the California government let them.

[@BayouDiddy]

The comments are so silly over the fires. Just like during hurricane season. Wish everyone luck and help your neighbors. Keep on truckin'!

[@SaltyBollocks1]

"Vote blue no matter who!"

[@jellyg.8961]

Is voting blue or red making things better? No, they just keep getting worse. Wake up, politicians from both parties doesn't care about you, this country is run by lobbyists and billionaires.

[@Twilightsummerbreeze]

Did you do a documentary on North Carolina? Lahaina? Florida? Ohio? Texas? Or just on the richest people in the world?

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Why not look it up .. there are plenty of documentaries on NC, Florida, etc ..

[@AnthonySnoddy2004]

Why Ohio?

[@jacqaqq]

Bring God back, pray and vote better

[@eddieg6436]

Hopefully the citizens of L.A. will FORCE OUT that terrible, INCOMPETENT Mayor Bass!!!

[@readg4fun]

Didn’t she just get voted in? She is bad

[@alexanderangelo7284]

You clearly don't know what you are talking about since you aren't from here. Homelessness has decreased by 10%, the first double-digit decrease in at least nine years. Make-shift shelters have decreased by 38%. I can see the improvement since she took office. She also is a community activist.

[@matthewgibbs6886]

not in a million years

[@jellyg.8961]

Yeah because that will make things better. One politician goes, another comes, same garbage.

[@jolyfrye1871]

Where is Newsom's accountability?

[@spi_media_core]

Talk about how everyone forgot about Western North Carolina. The shameful government response. The continued crisis that's still ongoing

[@x_x-xx6ek]

Maybe it's time to rethink what infrastructure means to a community? Could our infrastructures be more self supporting and self sustaining? Could we be more self reliant? How can we build smarter?

[@Thejohnhartnett628]

Who's state farms's CEO?

[@howardj602]

FACT CHECK: Budget cuts: Under Gov, Newsom's leadership the CAL FIRE budget had almost, doubled from $2 billion in 2018-19 to $3.8 billion in 2024-25, while the department's personnel went from 5,829 to 10,741 over the same period. The recent budget cuts of $100 million amounted to .03% of the total budget of $3 BILLION.

[@christinezimmer6887]

What did we let LA become? Almost no one supports normal public schools. Letting lovely communities become gentrified clusters of strangers ? Terrible!! I am an LA native devastated by what is and has been happening to LA since the 80's.

[@ninajohnson6578]

Excellent reporting❤

[@dennissierocinski6038]

What inept management from their government.

[@juanitadiaz7781]

Many blessings 🎉❤ I truly pray for AID and prayers 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@vonniofdoom5590]

Lot those houses got burnt to a crisp people’s houses got burned down.

[@AFloridaSon]

Gee, what gave it away? The piles of ashes where there was a house a few days ago?

[@rubyus7332]

Good reporting, but…now what??!!

[@jimbro601]

Rain would help. Is anyone praying for it?

[@fallenskybird]

These actors have these beautiful homes because they get paid so much. If I had their money, I'd live modestly ---- and prioritize how I would spend according to a set of values. The guy that wrote The Christmas Box ---- saw him at Tattered Cover when it was still in Cherry Creek ---- he used his money that way. It really impressed me.

[@elultimo102]

IDK where Keanu Reeves lives, but he is known for his generosity.

[@fallenskybird]

@@elultimo102 He's cool ---- some of his movies encourage people to reflect.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

What about the family that controls most of California’s water supply?

[@carloszenteno]

The Weather family? The rain storms family? El Niño family?

[@franklinhernandez683]

Now California should be made available to all people who are poor like it used to be people just trying to live their life and escaped to California to live on the minimum $200 a month

[@tayler2148]

Sign the petition to recall bass look it up

[@Someonesaidthis]

Who is State Farm’s CEO?

[@christinezimmer6887]

There is no local hardware store for most LA nieghborhoods