The fires have caused massive destruction, and the current political leadership in Los Angeles and California is responsible for gross mismanagement that could have been mitigated.

“it's just absolute epic mismanagement. It's it's it's horrible. It's like being a football coach and saying, you know, you're Gavin Newsom, you're a football coach. You're like, "Our team is totally prepared. We've worked so hard." The game comes on and you lose 56-nothing.”

California's state leadership is negligent in its fire mitigation efforts, such as failing to conduct controlled burns or properly maintain water reservoirs.

“I want to play the complete devil's advocate here. Let's go with we do know that California is prone to wildfires. Santa Ana winds, we all know this. And if we I'm not a climate change expert here, but if we play that card, and I'm more than happy to do it, you should have been that much more prepar”

Los Angeles city leaders must be held accountable for the insufficient budget allocated to fire prevention in a high-risk zone.

“I think that the the city leaders do need to be held accountable for managing and preventing fires in a in a realistic way. We only spent $42 million per year on fire prevention.”