Victor Davis Hanson: California—New Wildfires, Same Faces

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🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Over 10,000 homes destroyed, and $50-$100 billion in damages as California battles another explosive wildfire. Find out why nothing has changed and who's accountable: “The estimate of the damage is somewhere now between, perhaps, $50 and $100 billion, and we don't have enough homes for the people who were left. But here's my point, nothing has really changed. Karen Bass is still the mayor. The deputy mayor, Brian Williams, is still under house arrest, or he's under investigation for phoning in a bomb threat.” “And we still have this mysterious thing, don't we? Who causes these fires? It's taboo. You cannot mention the word homeless, but there are no lightning strikes. There are no other exegesis that might explain why these things keep happening. But you do have tens of thousands of homeless people spread all over the L.A. area, of 18 million people, many of them in the hills that camp out. So, my point is, we now have another fire.” “So, my point is, the perfect storm of water mismanagement, timber mismanagement, insurance mismanagement, civic government mismanagement, the role of DEI—they're all in place.” For Victor's latest thoughts, go to: https://victorhanson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Like an update on these fires, we're looking at 250,000 people that are without homes. The
0:36.3	estimate of the damage is somewhere now
0:38.7	between perhaps 50 and 100 billion dollars. Nothing has really changed. Karen
0:43.7	Bass is still the mayor. Gavin Newsom is nowhere to be found. The credibility of the
0:48.4	fire chief is at an all-time Nadir. So my point is we now have another fire and it is
0:54.0	exploding.
0:55.0	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I'm still out here in California.
1:11.6	I like an update on these fires.
1:13.6	After the devastating Palisides fire, Pasadena fire,
1:19.6	we're looking at 250,000 people that are without homes.
1:24.6	And the estimate of the damage is somewhere now between perhaps $50 and $100 billion.
1:31.7	And we don't have enough homes for the people who were left.
1:36.0	But here's my point.
1:37.3	Nothing has really changed.
1:39.2	Karen Bass is still the mayor.
1:41.6	The deputy mayor is Brian Williams is still under house arrest or he's under
1:46.1	investigation for phoning in a bomb threat. The credibility of the fire chief is at an all-time
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