California wildfires

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Pretty much a cascading effect of the wrong decision after the wrong decision assisting an estimated 250 Billion-dollar disaster or opportunity depending on your tax bracket...

I would have assumed with Pacific Palisades under the LADWP, who also administers the San Ynez Reservoir, they would use public safety power shutoffs.

So yeah, as much I will not back off they were doomed in almost all circumstances, it's not looking good for the time all the hindsight hearings roll around. Into the lapses of anything that contributed. And it will be a transparency treasure trove.

I think the story will be:

The Utility failed to cut the power in the same area a critical reservoir was offline during a strong Santa Ana. The LAFD, getting it's water from systems operated by the DWP was left dry during a critical event in a critical area. Additionally the FD was critically underfunded by a city that was not necessarily cutting the budget across the board. Seemed to be one the few budget cuts of note.

An LA progressive 2024-25 budget that will now be put under the microscope of all microscopes.

It's a 13.1 billion dollar budget. In which the FDs funding was reduced to 820 million. They are a little over 6% of budget pie and 17.6 million was a compromise from the 23.3 Bass wanted to cut. (Source Forbes) The other 93.7% will be interesting to see exposed.

It's a good opportunity to find her wasteful attempted groundbreaking initiatives that had her racking up flight miles abroad.

If she's compromising on 2% cut to the FD, she has a say in all budget allocations.

She will be lambasted for every silly progressive or unnecessary thing she cut the FDs budget for. Resignation seems likely.

And as much as I need to reiterate (again and again) this was too violent the stop, the benefit better management of the utilities, and funding for those depending on utilities, would have done enough to still matter.

Will authorities try to suppress a downed power line started it in a hard to reach area? (my intuition)

Even if the end (post ignition) is relatively the same, this could possibly turn LA against unnecessary progressive spending (like green things) in favor of basics to infrastructure?