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Since the fatal mountain fire is one of the most basic ones, it is one of the most emotional issues faced by political leaders in the Los Angeles region. How does the government remove all debris?
When the week began, the LA City and the county officials faced the furious demands to separate them more quickly. By the end of the week, they heard the criticism that the process was too fast and was moving -and that dangerous waste had been shipped in the wrong place.
President Trump He told the mayor that he first seized debris problem when he visited LA on January 24 at a troublesome round table. Karen base The Pacific Parisade, a part of Los Angeles, was the most hit by the fire, but was “forced to wait for 18 months” to get the permission of the building. “did. “I think you have to go to their site and start the process tonight,” he told the mayor.
Trump spokesman Karoline Leavittt Piled up A few days later, the Pacific Parisard residents told Washington DC reporters that they felt like the government was crazy.
“Before President Trump appeared on the scene, Karen Bus had to wait for 18 months to access private property,” she said.
So where did the 18 month timetable come from? Apparently, the federal government itself.
On January 23, one day before Trump arrived, the bass and other local officials participated after wildfire. Zoom call Pacific Palisades COMMUNITY COUNCIL -A crowded session with hundreds of residents who are sad about the loss of the house. It was in the speaker Row Eric Swenson U.S. Army Engineering Corps engineer -with LA County Public Office Mark Pestrala -I explained the government’s strategy to carry debris.
“If everything goes as planned,” Swenson told about 1,000 people at a zoom meeting.
Swenson and Pestrella stated that residents with destroyed houses could access two -part programs funded by the federal government. In the first stage, the workers of the Environmental Protection Agency remove harmful waste such as paint, asbestos, and lithium -ion batteries from the burning houses.
In the second stage, the Army Engineers sent the crew and carried the remaining debris. (Real estate owners can also pay the private cleanup of non -Haz -like materials.)
Some survivors of the wildfire waited for 18 months and made a UN online prospect that they were directly frustrated online. Trump conveys his anger during the Pacific Parisade Round Table Conference and tells the base in front of the camera as follows. They want to start deleting things. “
Councilor Traci Park Trump pointed out that the 18 -month timeline was announced by the Army. Other local officials warn that residents may face healthy risks, especially during the round table and subsequent days, especially without protective equipment. did.
“The most important thing is that people are safe,” said the bus.
Since the Parisade fire broke out on January 7, the bass was sometimes struggling to answer questions about urban reactions. At one point, Trump spokeswoman asked about criticism, and she told KNX that there was a productive call for the administration of the day.
Trump, Presidential orderFederal Emergency Management Bureau, EPA and other U.S. organizations have called for a plan to speed up the removal of fragments containing contaminated materials.
According to a White House staff, federal agencies subsequently increased the number of dangerous goods teams to the Parisards and the Eaton Burn area. As part of efforts to speed up things, they planned to work on the EPA and the Army Corps simultaneously in various parts of the same site.
By the middle of the week, officials in the LA county provided a more accelerated fragment removal timeline.
“EPA phase 1 will begin in the predicted three months and will be reduced to 30 days,” he said. Lindy Hobus I said on Wednesday.
Swenson, standing near HORVATH, has also presented another schedule and is resolved by the Army Corps within the first year of the property burned by Eaton and Parisade’s fire. He said.
Swenson said he had previously explained debris removal as a 18 -month process, but was misunderstood. The majority of people who sign up to remove debris said, “it will be much faster than a year.”
“However, there are always people for various reasons that the owner may have died or before the fire, so there are always people for various reasons for their own rights. “The county cannot be approved [a site cleanup] Until they establish legal ownership. “
Supervisor Cass Rim BurgerThe area contains Altadena, and the only Republican member of the Board believes that Trump has speeded up things, and told reporters that the president was not confused. 。 HORVATH thanked Barger for securing a faster timeline from the EPA.
But until then, the supervisor had had different political headaches.
Duarte, Azusa, and other Sangabriel Valley community residents have been designated as a site that temporarily receives paint, bleach, and other harmful waste due to the burning characteristics of the Eaton fire. I was furious to know.
In fact, the rocky place, known as the Rario staging area, was owned by the U.S. Army Engineers and was leased to the LA County Park sector until last month.
In Azusa’s packed city hall, residents and officials in the city near the site stated that they were angry that the federal staff took action without notifying them. When the environmental authorities asked their questions, other residents shouted, “Leave it to Altadena!”
“I feel like David vs. Golite,” said Mayor Duarte Cesar Garcia I said.
Celeste McCoyThe coordinator on the EPA scene told the county officials that the site was already owned by the federal government.
“We are moving as soon as possible,” she said. “We are to promote this phase 1 process by the White House order within the past 48 hours.”
Burger agreed that the EPA should have a better outreach to the community around Lario Park. However, she has expressed her confidence that the federal cleanup crew to “confirm that it is safe.”
“In cooperation with the EPA, they are probably the strictest institution,” she said.
On Friday, Trump’s spokesman Kush Dessai suggested that more movements could be in progress. In a statement, he stated that the president is planning to “reconstruct a ruined house and community” using “all lever of execution and legislation rights.”
“President Trump’s actions have been developing additional federal resources to streamline government bureaucracy and promote purification and reconstruction processes. This is built to return American life as soon as possible. I’m going to do it, “he said.
Play state
-Floorfight: The city council has refused to promote the proposed tenant protection according to the catastrophic flashes in the region. After a very intense discussion, the council 10-3 votes Send the proposal to the housing and homeless committee for more deliberations. This proposal includes some types of evictions if the tenant experienced economic or medical difficulties as a result of the fire.
-Walking tour: Bass and Steve Soboroff, the highest recovery of the city, discussed the plan to hire a company that won the news media on the free wheelwalking tour at Pacific Parisd and supervise the reconstruction process. “They make accurate what they are trying to do, on behalf of you,” said Sobolov.
-Battlin ‘barger: On the other hand, Burger asked a question from Rat’s Stobropes and told him that residents had the right to rebuild in high -fire areas like Altadena. “I talked to a caretaker who had been in my family forever,” she said. “And I look at her and say,” You can’t build it. ” sorry. Climate change. “
-When it is heated in a house: Speaking of soup, residential defenders are angry with the proposal to temporarily abandon the other unpleasant state housing laws affected by Altadena and the Fire. Burger and Lindsay Heabas, their districts were on the path of fire, want Gov. Gavin Newsom is temporarily exempted from laws aimed at speeding up the creation of affordable housing.
-Health damage: The toxins may have reached a part of the LA outside the immediate fire belt.
-Fire starter: Search for the cause of the palisades fire.
-It was pushed out: City Atti. Hydefeldostein Soto I was fired Michel McGinisFormerly responsible for the criminal branch in the office told THE TIMES, McGinnis lawyer. Matthew Makuni ChorusHe represented McGinnis and said his client would challenge her to dismiss. Last year, McGinnis sued Feldostein Soto and said he had identified many bosses and faced retaliation. Feldostein Soto, who had previously denied misconduct, refused to comment on McGinnis’s employment status.
-Park revenue: City Council member Traci ParkPeople who represent the Pacific Parisade and other coastal areas are running in June 2026 for re -election. Friday, she It has been reported Her campaign received about $ 306,000 donations during the donation period ending on December 31. Meanwhile, businessman Tim GasperA person running as a successor to the councilor Bob Blue Menfield In West Sunflower Valley, It has been reported He collected more than $ 106,000 -this contains a $ 25,000 personal loan from himself.
-Emergency funds: The Council secured $ 50 million for emergency response and recovery of the wildfire on Friday, borrowing money from the Building Safety Bureau. Council Approved the transfer unanimouslyNote that the loan will be repaid at the state and federal emergency rescue funds.
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Quick hit
- Where is the inside? The mayor’s signature initiative to fight the homeless went to the historic Philippine Town this week, focusing on stretching on Beverly Beverage. Hugosoto–Martinez。
- In next week’s docket: The Los Angeles Fire Committee is a panel of five members consisting of the mayor’s appointment. First meeting Since the Pacific Parisard and other fires occurred.
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