http://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/12/04/major-milestone-home-in-pacific-palisades-receives-final-approval-from-the-city-n2422448
Here's big news from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. A week before Thanksgiving, Bass announced that a four-bedroom house in Pacific Palisades had received final approval from the city, making it the first house to be rebuilt after wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes back in January.
Judge Glock (@judgeglock) ~ In a functioning city, this would be announced not with pride but with shame.
Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) ~ {Replying to @judgeglock} Embarrassing.
AG (@AGHamilton29) ~ {Replying to @judgeglock} After Florida was hit by Hurricane Ian, they rebuilt a bridge to Pine Island in 3 days. The Palisades fire was in January and Bass is celebrating the completion of 1 house that actually started the permitting process before the fires. Insane.
What's this? It had already started the permitting process?
Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) ~ The kicker? The permit for that house was pulled before the fire. It’s not even a rebuild.
But wait, there's more!
Judge Glock (@judgeglock) ~ It's even worse than it looks because the house was already approved for demolition and rebuilding before the fire and it's just a model house to advertise other sales.
http://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/what-is-the-first-house-rebuilt-after-the-wildfires-in-los-angeles-its-complicated-00669167?experience_id=EXYF89KVT5UQ&;is_magic_link=true&template_id=OTJIR2CRKUD6&template_variant_id=OTV632IE7RALS
Yeah, Democrat-loving Politico says "it's complicated" - only because this whole story is a complete and utter embarrassment for Mayor Bass, Governor Newsom, and the California Dempcrat Party. But, Mayor Bass is too stupid to realize that undeniable fact.
It's a model house, so no one will be living in it.
Liam Dillon reports for Politico:
But Bass didn’t mention the family that would be moving back into the finished property.
That’s because there isn’t one.
A homebuilding company, Thomas James Homes, owns the parcel. Before the fire, it sought permits to bulldoze the vacant home on the site and build a new one. The fire took care of the demolition. The new house isn’t planned as a place to live, but rather will serve as a model property for what the company could build for Palisades residents who’d lost their homes.
Reaction to Bass’ celebration was swift. Wildfire survivors called the mayor’s announcement tone deaf and claimed the project shouldn’t count as a wildfire rebuild. By the next morning, Bass had deleted her social media posts touting the development.
Unbelievable.
Sherry Kerdman (@sherry_kerdman) ~ Approved BEFORE the fire. So, the celebration is nothing but a false performance.
Yeah, it's a fraud ... but, what else did you expect from a Democrat - especially a California Democrat???
E Bravo (@ebravo_x) ~ So, as of right now, zero houses have been rebuilt? This is just the APPROVAL to start?
KarenBassProgressReport (@KBassProgReport) ~ Of course, Lyin' Karen Bass posted about it as if she'd personally made it happen, then had to delete her post after being called out.
Yeah, the truth made Mayor Bass scurry in panic for the baseboards just like a cockroach when the lights are turned on.
Balls66 (@66Baller) ~ What a bureaucratic embarrassment for LA, specifically, and CA, more generally. Pathetic and shameful.
Mike Kanin (@KaninMike) ~ The incompetence is breathtaking. I’d feel sorry for the people there, but they keep voting for these idiots.
You get what you vote for, and this is what Californians keep voting for.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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