My heart goes out to all those affected by the Palisades fire. Looks like Mordor out there. Tragic.
Discussion
Isn’t the Palisades right on the ocean?
Yes. Didn’t stop the fires from burning all the way to the shore, tho
The Palisades / LA fires wouldn’t have been nearly as destructive had Rick Caruso won the mayoral election.
Case in point: The mall that Caruso built and operates is fine, as he had the foresight to use fire retardant on that part of town. The rest of the town? Almost entirely destroyed, with no leadership in sight.
The current mayor of LA is on a trip to Ghana as the city burns. 
Yeah, this is brutal