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wickedsdesires -> RE: California Screamin' (1/11/2025 5:02:14 AM)
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Trump claimed Newsom "refused to sign the water restoration declaration" that he said would have directed millions of gallons of water to areas now burning, alleging he prioritized a small fish, called a smelt, over residents.
In response, Newsom's office said, "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration – that is pure fiction.
“Meet Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley,” the X account Libs of TikTok, known for spreading anti-LBGTQ+ rhetoric, posted. “She boasts about being the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in the LA Fire Department. Promoting a culture of DEI is her priority. Does this make you feel safer?” In another tweet, the same account, which has nearly 4 million followers, wrote: “DEI will get people k*lled. DEI must DIE.”
Also weighing in against her was Patrick Soon-Shiong, the politically idiosyncratic owner of the Los Angeles Times, who echoed the attack, posting on X that “the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M.”
That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years.
False claims of federal disaster relief funds being diverted to migrants have also resurfaced. Criticism of environmental practices, like allegedly protecting fish over people or limiting prescribed burns have been elevated. Unrelated donations to Ukraine became a scapegoat. Donald Trump Jr, the president’s oldest son, intimated that donations the Los Angeles fire department sent to Ukraine in 2022 somehow were related to the response.
People from varying points on the political spectrum, including the Los Angeles Times publisher, Patrick Soon-Shiong, have claimed the fire department’s budget saw big cuts – it did not, Politico notes.
Deflections of the role climate crisis plays in increasing natural disasters have received millions of views.
LA Building code changed in 2008. The houses still standing in piles of ashes are probably them or were you thinking particle beam weaponry from outer space liked what happened to Hawaii and as such global warming is complete lefty nonsense?
BoscoX anything else genius? Say, nothing to do with Global warming creating yet another American tinder box in what should have been the wet season?
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