Gavin Newsom, Governor of the once-Golden State of California, just can’t seem to stop stepping on a certain protrusion. In his latest, he’s engaged with actor and Pacific Palisades resident Spencer Pratt, who lost his home in the recent wildfires. And Mr. Pratt, frankly, has walked all over the governor in this exchange. Spencer Pratt, who is one of dozens of residents suing the city, county, and state over their failures prior to the fire and during, has annoyed the governor, you see, by demanding some answers as to how that fire got so out of control so quickly.
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There’s a certain amount to unpack here.
At the heart of this issue, it seems, is a California legislative proposal, SB 549, which passed the California Senate on Monday. This was a scheme to use public funds to buy burned-over lots to be used for public housing and transit