OPINION –
Just a week into the New Year, residents of Los Angeles’ ultra-affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood probably didn’t anticipate a random sunny Tuesday to plummet so rapidly into catastrophe.
Maybe that’s why, even when faced with evacuation notices, many were not stirred to flee until flames encroached upon their homes.
Thankfully the people and dog in the harrowing footage below had already called 911 and were able to escape to safety:
As the raging fire exploded in size across several neighborhoods at the rate of 3-4 football fields per minute, hysteria set in. Some fleeing the flames even abandoned their cars on the roadways to run on foot toward the water.
WSJ reports over $50 billion in damage so far, and the fires, some still at 0% containment, do not show much intention of slowing down.
It’s estimated that over 35,000 acres (double the size of Manhattan) and 9,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed so far.
Firefighters shared video footage on the first night of the fire that depicts an unrecognizable Malibu, completely engulfed in flames:
A scapegoat called ‘Global Warming’
“Climate change!” the Democrat politicians and pundits cry.
Global warming could be a nice excuse, except there’s no strong evidence that today’s wildfires are beyond the realm of historical normalcy.
The below graphics add some context to the United States’ wildfire history which indicates we battled the most catastrophic fires in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
By the ‘50s it appears we were able to get a handle on fire prevention and management practices.
So why blame climate change?
At minimum, it’s a convenient way to escape accountability for several points of Dem-managed systemic failure.
Stockpiled fire fuel
For instance, California left approximately 91.4 million dead trees in forests as deadwood.
Controlled burns of deadwood are implemented to reduce the intensity and frequency of wildfires, but the government decided to push this crucial forest management action off for the sake of “climate change.”
Officials say controlled burns produce harmful carbon emissions, but I wonder how much carbon was produced in this uncontrolled burn?
Fish first approach
Meanwhile the people of California battle drought conditions and increasing water restrictions and regulations.
Legislation passed in 2018 from the State Water Resources Control Board is committed to “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” by reducing average indoor water use from 70 gallons per person per day to 50 gallons in 2030.
Residents are allegedly demanded to take quick showers and avoid watering their lawns despite living on the coast.
As of January 1, a new mandate took effect requiring urban water suppliers to cut water delivery to some areas by nearly half over the next 15 years.
President Trump has been warning Governor Gavin Newsom about California’s poor resources infrastructure and pushing to open up the freshwater channel since at least 2018, including during his 2024 campaign:
If the California government would take “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” seriously, maybe they’d be more incentivized to end the grossly shortsighted water waste that has now allowed the second-largest American city to nearly burn to the ground.
Barren hydrants
Perhaps the apocalyptic fires would have been quickly contained if firefighters hadn’t been left crippled with dried-up resources.
The Santa Ynez Reservoir (which holds 117 million gallons of water) was offline and empty, having been out of service for some time to fix a tear in its cover.
Despite pleas from the LAFD to prep for wildfires, emergency crews found hydrants empty or too depleted to use.
Moreover, Los Angeles County failed to conduct annual hydrant testing just a few weeks ahead of the blaze. This negligent action was blamed on a lack of resources, following reports that LA Mayor Karen Bass had slashed the LAFD’s 2024/2025 fiscal year budget by $17.6 million.
The LAFD even issued a warning in early December of adverse impact from budgetary reductions, severely limiting the department’s ability “to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies including wildfires.”
Despite the state’s budgetary constraints, the CEO of the LA Department of Water and Power Janisse Quiñones—the person responsible for managing water infrastructure and resources, especially during drought or crisis—still manages to take home an incredibly comfy $750k salary.
Do you think Quiñones’ track record justifies her pay?
Bloated bureaucrats
While we’re naming names, I’d like to introduce you to Lynda and Stewart Resnick.
This billionaire power couple who funded Gavin Newsom’s re-election campaign and efforts against his recall also owns the Wonderful Company. The parent company holds numerous consumer brands like POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds, Wonderful Halos, and Teleflora.
If you’ve heard anything about almond production, you probably know of its notably water-intensive nature. Estimates indicate that over a gallon of water is required to grow a single almond, the thirsty nut accounting for roughly 15% of California’s agricultural water use.
So the Resnick empire stands to benefit from owning the water supply, which independent investigators have found is the case. The Resnicks are estimated to own 60-75% of California’s water rights and use over 150 billion gallons of water annually.
Although water was historically considered a public right, this all changed in 1994 when the Resnicks began making back-alley deals with other private interest groups to own and control the water supply, for instance through the Kern Water Bank.
Could the Resnicks be working with Gavin Newsom to rig California’s water supply?
Incompetence abounds
New York City council member Vickie Paladino has been vocal about the corrupt red tape that constricts her city, claiming that NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ hands are completely tied by Governor Kathy Hochul who heads up all state decisions.
Based on LA Mayor Karen Bass’s leadership decisions, I can’t help but suspect this might ring true in California’s case too.
Bass has made a number of blunders in the wake of the LA fires, including stating on record that “fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this kind of massive devastation.”
In another press conference clipped below, Bass made sure to guide impacted residents to resources online, telling those who need help to visit “URL.” Apparently Bass wasn’t paying adequate attention to notice that her speechwriter forgot to insert the website address.
Rick Caruso, a 2022 mayoral candidate who lost to Bass, has taken the opportunity to lambast the standing mayor’s slip-ups.
“Los Angeles fire hydrants are out of water because the county refused to refill reservoirs,” Caruso said to Fox News. “You can’t fight a fire without water!”
Californians last
In another notable mishap that mirrors destructive and frankly treasonous Biden administration spending, the LAFD has been sending supplies to Ukraine over the past several years, leaving the department with minimal equipment.
Additionally, impacted residents of the fires were faced with shelter shortages thanks to the illegal migrant crisis.
FEMA and the Dem-run state have prioritized funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to provide food, shelter, and other resources to undocumented individuals, echoing the Hurricane Helene crisis last fall that left Americans without emergency relief support.
Insurance pullout
The California government has not been without several red flags that predicted a path of catastrophe.
Over the past several years, insurers that provide fire coverage have been scaling back protections over sections of the state, citing negligence by the government to mitigate the risk of fire.
Just weeks before the LA wildfire broke out, companies like Allstate and State Farm canceled policies for would-be impacted Californians. One such resident is actor James Woods who has been an outspoken critic in the wake of the disaster.
A woman interviewed by ABC News as she battled a fire at her elderly parents’ house with a garden hose shared a similar story. She explains that their fire policy of decades, for a house they’ve owned for 75 years, was recently dropped.
“Thank you California insurance companies for supporting residents who pay taxes and love California,” she says addressing the camera. “And they wonder why people leave California.”
Arson suspicions
A series of curious reports have continued to emerge.
Many locals, who say they’ve never seen anything like this before, have observed and filmed the fire’s bizarrely jumpy nature.
Multiple pieces of footage show untouched areas of land randomly going up in flames, presumably from uncharacteristically strong Santa Ana winds carrying lit embers, but some locals suspect arson.
Indeed, 911 callers reported a group of men in ski masks starting fires. At least one person was arrested for suspected arson on January 9.
I also received a report from a local who lives an hour outside the city and alleges recently seeing what she believed to be a cartel mule (who are active in the area) using a “sketchy” truck to steal water from a fire hydrant.
Doing the DEW
A strange set of evidence has contributed to a now widely-known theory that the Maui wildfire was carried out through Direct Energy Weapons, essentially fire-igniting lasers.
We can support this theory with eerie footage of precise impact: the ‘“wildfire” melted houses into puddles of debris while neighboring trees stood tall.
Most strikingly, objects painted blue (blue roofs, cars, and structures) were left unharmed. In a classic instance of foot-in-mouth, Biden observed that one in every 20 homes is still “sitting there because it has the right roof on it.”
What’s the significance of blue? It’s a high-frequency color resistant to lasers.
There isn’t stunning evidence that DEWs were used in the LA wildfires, but some footage of the wreckage has at least caught my eye:
Land grab in motion
Reports have emerged just days after the Pacific Palisades fire broke out that Governor Gavin Newsom is working with developers to rezone scorched areas from R1 (single family) to R3 (multiple units). This move will allow developers to pack the area with apartments and maximize profits.
This shouldn’t be terribly surprising to those paying attention, considering residents are already being offered pennies on the dollar for their decimated homes’ land.
Just like Maui, Los Angeles was already on the list to become a “smart city” by 2028.
This is a similar concept to “15-minute cities,” which essentially transforms city areas into easily surveillable and controllable open-air prisons under the guise of technological advancement and “green” initiatives.
The idea is to pack people into city clusters where they live, work, and play, eliminating the need to drive or travel beyond a 15-minute walkable radius. Top-notch likely AI-assisted surveillance will keep an eye on every resident and their daily activities.
The CCP has already begun adopting their version of these complexes that require residents to verify their identity every time they pass through gated entrance and exit points.
2028 might seem like a lofty goal, but Los Angeles has a pretty heavy incentive considering the city is hosting the Summer Olympics that year.
Maybe that’s why Biden has rushed to provide Los Angeles with rebuild funding that no other recent disaster sites (e.g. Maui, Western NC) have been lucky enough to receive.
Globalist superpower Klaus Schwab has even made assertions that by 2030 Los Angeles would be free of private cars.
How could Schwab know this? Has a land grab been underway for longer than we think?
Firedemic
Is this the next Covid-19 crisis? It’s pretty weird how fires are suddenly the talk of the town.
2025 kicked off with a Tesla Cybertruck explosion, and just today a large fire has broken out in New York City, too.
And why is Globalist-controlled Australia now saying “me too”?
Stay safe and hold to your faith. Inauguration Day is coming.
