{"id":2387940,"date":"2025-01-08T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:15:24","slug":"environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalism-Obsessed LA Doesn&#8217;t Have Enough Water to Fight Fire Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenvironmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, residents are facing severe\u2063 consequences due\u200c to inadequate leadership and environmental policies amid a recent fire disaster that destroyed around 1,000 structures, including homes. \u200dFirefighters struggled as \u200dmany fire hydrants went dry while combating the blaze. Rick Caruso, a local developer, \u2064criticized the \u200clack of \u200cwater \u200cavailable to firefighters and\u200c questioned the mismanagement of the city&#8217;s infrastructure. Caruso emphasized that failure to\u200b refill reservoirs in a timely\u200b manner has hindered \u200cfirefighting efforts,as \u200cthe region has been \u200dplagued \u2064by overgrown brush and a \u200bpoorly maintained water supply system.<\/p>\n<p>Individual frustrations were echoed by California&#8217;s Governor Gavin Newsom,\u200c who \u200dfaced scrutiny for his environmental policies that\u200b some critics claim have contributed to the ongoing water crisis. President-elect \u200cDonald Trump\u200c criticized Newsom for not signing a water restoration declaration that \u2062could have helped supply water \u2062to the affected areas. \u200dthe situation highlights a systemic \u2064problem with water management \u200din california, where multiple proposals for infrastructure improvements have\u2062 been stalled due to regulations.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s water shortages, stemming from decades of neglected infrastructure and environmental\u2064 regulations, \u2063have left communities vulnerable\u2014leading to catastrophic losses as seen in the Pacific \u200bPalisades. The repeated calls for accountability and\u200c change underscore the urgent need for better management and \u2064preparation to avoid \u200dfuture disasters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles residents in the exclusive Pacific Palisades neighborhood are paying a heavy price for poor leadership and environmentalism run amok.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;About 1,000 structures, including many homes, have been destroyed in the fire, L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during a news conference Wednesday morning,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-08\/fire-weather-fierce-winds-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>As firefighters sought to combat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-stars-fled-actor-steve-guttenberg-manned-began-helping-firefighters-middle-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze<\/a>, their fire hydrants ran empty.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. developer Rick Caruso, who owns the Palisades Village mall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-08\/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the Times, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no water in the fire hydrants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The firefighters are there [in the neighborhood], and there&rsquo;s nothing they can do &mdash; we&rsquo;ve got neighborhoods burning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-sickening-response-conservative-actor-james-woods-home-burns-california-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homes burning<\/a>, and businesses burning. &hellip; It should never happen,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a window into a systemic problem of the city &mdash; not only of mismanagement, but our infrastructure is old,&rdquo; Caruso argued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Los Angeles fire hydrants are OUT OF WATER because the county REFUSED to refill reservoirs, per Rick Caruso<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t fight a fire without water!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor did ZERO prep despite the advanced warning of winds and fire risk.<\/p>\n<p>This is EXACTLY what happened on Maui! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBj445yGgw\">pic.twitter.com\/fBj445yGgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1876893182807429127?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the L.A.&rsquo;s Department of Water and Power acknowledged reports of the lack of water but could not provide details on the number of hydrants without water, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firehouse.com\/operations-training\/wildland\/news\/55253604\/firefighters-find-failing-hydrants-as-wildfires-rage-in-los-angeles-neighborhoods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a statement, the DWP said water crews were working in the neighborhood &lsquo;to ensure the availability of water supplies,&rsquo;&rdquo; the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This area is served by water tanks and close coordination is underway to continue supplying the area,&rdquo; the DWP said in its statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, a hydrant firefighters were using on Lachman Lane ran dry. You can hear what sounds like air pushing out, but no water. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PalisadesWildfire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PalisadesWildfire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PalisadeFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PalisadeFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PacificPalisades?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PacificPalisades<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/09e6FRrcIM\">pic.twitter.com\/09e6FRrcIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattSeedorff\/status\/1877032252200108378?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Caruso &mdash; who previously served as a commissioner of the city&rsquo;s Board of Water and Power and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2022 &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1876893182807429127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> L.A. local Fox affiliate KTTV, &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pilot-fire-tanker-floods-mountainside-hotspot-absolutely-perfect-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fight a fire<\/a> without water and the resources that are needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The real issue to me is two-fold,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had decades to go remove the brush in these hills that spread so quickly, and the second is, you&rsquo;ve got to have water. And my understanding is, the reservoir was not refilled in time and in a timely manner to keep the hydrants going, so that&rsquo;s a failure whether on DWP&rsquo;s part or another city agency. But this is basic stuff. This isn&rsquo;t high science here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just left the hellscape formerly know as Pacific Palisades where I&rsquo;ve lived for 26 years. I&rsquo;m mad at what I saw. Our politicians have failed us. Unprepared, unimaginative, understaffed, now overwhelmed. Heads must roll for this disaster. I personally saw 100+ homes fully&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8txvSJEZXd\">pic.twitter.com\/8txvSJEZXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wes Nichols (@wesnichols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesnichols\/status\/1876901150676693491?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump put some of the blame on Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s environmental policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,&rdquo; Trump posted on .<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn&rsquo;t work!), but didn&rsquo;t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-musk-ramaswamy-officially-join-trump-administration-their-job-is-to-destroy-bureaucracy\/\" title=\"Breaking: Musk, Ramaswamy Officially Join Trump Administration - Their Job Is to Destroy Bureaucracy\">president-elect added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump Posts From His  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1877036452883714341?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/13\/us\/california-drought-storms-water-storage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported in 2023 that &ldquo;tens of billions of gallons [of water] &mdash; have been rushing in recent days straight into the Pacific Ocean, a devastating conundrum for a state whose future depends on holding on to any drop it can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The era of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">great dam building passed long ago<\/a>, owing largely to the multifronted environmental wars California is fighting, and the county has been slow to adopt alternatives. The bulk of the roughly $1 billion collected from Los Angeles County taxpayers over the past four years to store more water has gone largely unspent,&rdquo; the news outlet said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what&rsquo;s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes&hellip; businesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vfz721V48J\">pic.twitter.com\/Vfz721V48J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Vigliotti &#128011; (@JonVigliotti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonVigliotti\/status\/1877020919475884110?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>California Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-water-police-scouring-neighborhoods-sprinklers-looks-like-something-dystopian-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> in 2022 that the state&rsquo;s water shortages are due to poor management.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If [water] were managed properly, California receives enough rain and snow to serve its 40 million residents and 4 million acres of farmland for several years,&rdquo; Dahle said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Californians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-condemns-texas-abortion-law-media-insists-hes-a-deeply-catholic-president\/\" title=\"Biden Condemns Texas Abortion Law. Media Insists He\u2019s A \u2018Deeply Catholic\u2019 President\">voted multiple times<\/a> since 1996 to upgrade their water infrastructure and improve their storage capacity, but the projects have remained tied up for years due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/locals-furious-about-impact-of-new-chinese-owned-ev-battery-plant-they-took-the-lands-they-destroyed-the-soil\/\" title=\"Locals Furious About Impact of New Chinese-Owned EV Battery Plant: &#039;They Took the Lands, They Destroyed the Soil&#039;\">environmental impact studies<\/a> and other regulatory roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p>Had even some of the proposals been greenlit, the state would be in a much better place, Dahle contended.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At one time in our history, California&rsquo;s water system was state of the art and admired around the world.&nbsp; It drove an economic engine that allowed our state to thrive and grow, bringing prosperity never before seen on earth,&rdquo; Dahle wrote. &ldquo;Sadly, the neglect shown over the last 40 years threatens to end this &lsquo;Golden&rsquo; era.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Angelinos are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nightmare-fuel-video-inside-2-men-dog-watch-fire-whirl-around-home-palisades-blaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying the price<\/a> for poor leadership and environmental craziness.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, approximately 1,000 buildings, including numerous homes, have been lost in the fire. During a press conference on Wednesday morning, he noted that firefighters faced challenges as their fire hydrants ran dry. Developer Rick Caruso, who owns the Palisades Village mall, expressed frustration over the lack of water available for firefighting efforts: &#8220;The firefighters are present but unable to act\u2014neighborhoods and businesses are burning.&#8221; He emphasized that this situation reflects a broader issue of city mismanagement and outdated infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from L.A.&#8217;s Department of Water and Power confirmed reports about the water shortage but could not specify how many hydrants were affected. They stated that crews were working to ensure water supply availability in the area served by tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Caruso criticized city agencies for failing to refill reservoirs promptly before the fires broke out. He pointed out that decades of neglect regarding brush removal contributed to rapid fire spread and stressed that having adequate water resources is essential for firefighting.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump attributed part of the blame for these issues to California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s environmental policies, claiming they hindered necessary water restoration efforts during critical times.<\/p>\n<p>California Republican state Senator Brian Dahle also highlighted poor management as a key factor behind ongoing water shortages in California despite ample rainfall potential if managed correctly. 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