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The Los Angeles Times has a new story on this reservoir disaster.

And if you lost a home in the palisades or you're connected in some way to this terrible tragedy,

this is really going to inflame you.

There is a whole system failure in Los Angeles government that encompasses not just the

mayor's office and the city council and the city administration, but the upper echelons of

the fire department and the department of water power.

It's the management.

It's the decision makers. And it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's. It's the decision makers. It's and it's it's it's Karen Bass takes the responsibility because she's in charge of the fire

department. She's in charge of the police department and the DWP. She she she picked Janice

Queen-onis to be the to be the CEO, the head of the DWP.

So this is all on bass.

And the things you're going to find out here is something a mayor should know.

I keep running in my head.

It's like, all right, if you're starting a government from scratch, from scratch, let's say

we could start a new government.

We've established a new city on an island somewhere.

What do you want the government to do first and most importantly?

You want to create a police and fire department.

And you want to be able to transmit water and power.

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