Coming up, the fires in California, so many excuses, so much dodging of responsibility.

I'm going to pin down who's to blame.

I'm going to talk about what the real lesson is for the future.

And actor Stelio Savanti joins me.

He's in L.A.

He's going to talk about the fires, but also about his new film, which opens in a thousand theaters later this voice.

The times are crazy,

and a time of confusion, division, and lies.

We need a brave voice of reason,

understanding, and truth.

This is the Dinesh DeSuzza podcast.

The virus continued to rage in California.

And the normal explanations that are being surfaced or coughed up by the media

don't really make any sense at all.

In fact, I think the striking thing about all this is the avoidance of accountability

on the part of democratic officials in the state, starting with

the governor, continuing with mayor Karen Bass, and there's a lot of blame to go around.

I saw a recent interview with the L.A. Fire Chief, Kristen Crowley, and she said that she warned the mayor that there was $17 million cut from the department's budget, and this would, quote, I'm now quoting from a memo, severely limit the department's capacity to prepare

for, train, for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.

So for anyone who thinks they didn't know, yes, they did know, but this was not important to them.

They had other priorities.

What are those priorities?

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