THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF PROGRESSIVE COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS
TODAY WE CELEBRATE -- JANUARY 20, 2025

A DECADE OF PARTISAN POLITICS AND A MAN-MADE DISASTER IN CALIFORNIA

For over a decade, California has been under the tight grip of the progressive communist democrats, where one-party rule meant that money designated for public safety was siphoned off for the benefit of satisfying the special interests, social programs, unions, and democrat voters.

So, it should come as no surprise that we are witnessing a man-made disaster of unimaginable proportions — a result of cascading failures in public safety management, disaster preparedness, zoning, and building codes.

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The toll is mounting…

Media Update: Eaton and Palisades Fires 1/18/25

Here are the latest updates from LA County’s Coordinated Joint Information Center as of 10 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2025.

Casualties

The fires have resulted in 27 confirmed deaths, according to the LA County Medical Examiner. More updated information may be available from LASD and LAPD as search and rescue operations continue.

Eaton Fire

  • Structures Threatened: 11,927
  • Structures Damaged: 972
  • Structures Destroyed: 8,988 (Does not include structures believed destroyed, but pending confirmation.).

Palisades Fire

  • Structures Threatened: 12,280
  • Structures Damaged: 628
  • Structures Destroyed: 3,857 (Does not include structures believed destroyed, but pending confirmation.)

The Reality of Mismanagement

It’s easy to point fingers at the weather. With increasingly frequent and severe storms, wildfires, and floods, many would argue that the cause of the devastation is climate change and extreme weather conditions. And yes, those factors certainly play a role, but let’s set aside the political rhetoric about climate change for a moment. Legislation alone can’t change the weather. What legislation can change, however, is how we prepare for, respond to, and mitigate disaster risks.

The sound of bullshit: The theory being spewed by progressive communist democrats is that climate change caused wet winters in 2023 and 2024, leading to lush vegetation growth in California, and recent dry conditions, also driven by climate change, have turned that vegetation into tinder for fires. Now nonsensically labeled as "hydroclimatic whiplash." This is demonstrably false because the climate is constantly changing, and man's challenge is to adapt, improvise, and overcome.

For years, California has been subjected to disastrous mismanagement at the hands of progressive communist democrats. Decisions made behind closed doors in Sacramento have led to a series of cascading failures. Emergency preparedness systems were neglected, building codes were not updated to meet modern needs, and zoning policies were often driven by short-term political gains rather than long-term safety and sustainability. These failures are not the product of unpredictable natural forces but systemic neglect and mismanagement. The result is not a natural disaster but a man-made one.

The Zoning Crisis

Zoning laws in California have made it easier for poorly planned developments to sprout in high-risk areas. Over the years, housing projects have been greenlit in floodplains, wildfire zones, and other disaster-prone regions, often due to pressure from real estate developers and political contributors. Building homes in hazardous areas is not just reckless; it’s a blatant disregard for public safety.

But it’s not just about the location of these homes; it’s about how they’re built. California has some of the strictest building codes in the nation — but in practice, those codes have often been ignored or outdated. When buildings in high-risk zones are not constructed to withstand earthquakes, wildfires, or flooding, the consequences are devastating. These poorly designed and poorly sited structures become ticking time bombs, waiting for the next disaster to strike.

Building Codes: A Critical Oversight

Building codes are meant to protect lives and property. However, in California, too many new buildings and developments have been allowed to sidestep or ignore critical safety measures. There’s no excuse for a state that prides itself on technological innovation and environmental leadership to fail to ensure that homes, schools, and businesses are built to withstand the challenges of the natural world.

One only needs to look at the aftermath of significant wildfires and floods to see how the lack of updated building codes has led to tragic losses. Homes that should have been built with fire-resistant materials have been reduced to ash, and structures that should have been designed with flood mitigation in mind have been washed away. This isn’t just an accident—it’s the result of a system that’s failed to prioritize public safety over political convenience.

Funding Diversity Programs Over Training or Equipment Purchases

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Prioritizing the hiring and promotions of individuals based on skin color, sex, or sexual preferences rather than accomplishment and merit is insane in the real world. Not so much so in the mythical, imaginary world of the progressive communist democrats who ignore reality, science, and common sense and see the world they wish to see.

Consider the words of LA Fire Department Deputy Chief Christine Larson in a 2019 promotional video…

You want to see somebody that responds to your house, your emergency, whether it's a medical call or a fire call, that looks like you. It gives that person a little bit more ease, knowing that somebody might understand their situation better. Is she strong enough to do this or you couldn't carry my husband out of a fire?

Which my response is, he got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.

No, I don’t! I want a competent, capable person who takes appropriate emergency action. A fire chief suggesting the man rescued is not where he should be implies that the person who was saved from a fire was in a dangerous, unauthorized, or reckless location at the time of the incident, essentially placing blame on the individual for needing to be rescued in the first place. Tell that to the wheelchair-bound senior citizen in a nursing home. The idiocy of making you feel good about having a person of color, homosexual, or transsexual rescuer is nonsensical.

Proof...

Fire safety vs conservation: How one endangered plant stopped a major wildfire prevention project in California?

In a clash between fire safety and conservation, California's eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub called Braunton's milkvetch. The project, initiated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) in 2019, aimed to replace nearly 100-year-old power line poles in Topanga State Park with steel poles, widen fire-access lanes, and install wind- and fire-resistant power lines since the area was deemed to have an “elevated fire risk."

"This project will help ensure power reliability and safety while helping reduce wildfire threats," LADWP said at the time. "These wooden poles were installed between 1933 and 1955 and are now past their useful service life."

However, the project was halted within days after an amateur botanist complained about the harm done to some of the park's Braunton's milkvetch during the work. The city—accused by the state of carrying out the work without proper permits—was ordered to pay $2 million in fines and instructed by the California Coastal Commission to reverse the project and replant the rare herb, according to a report by The New York Post.

The work saved about 200 Braunton's milkvetch plants, which have likely been torched in the recent Palisades Fire that consumed Topanga Canyon and nearly 24,000 acres of LA's most sought-after real estate.

Wildfires, however, are typically essential for milkvetch germination, creating a vast new habitat for dormant seeds to grow into a fresh generation of the rare shrub. <Source>

The Cost of Partisan Paralysis

For years, the one-party progressive communist democrat political system in California has been marked by gridlock and inaction on these critical issues. The focus on partisan agendas has come at the expense of addressing real-world problems. While the state has been quick to enact regulations around environmental issues, it has failed to make the necessary investments in infrastructure, disaster preparedness, and zoning reforms. Akin to overstressing our electrical grid and then demanding everyone transition to electric cars. Tell that to the people of Malibu, Altadena, and elsewhere whose depleted vehicle batteries and a lack of available chargers exposed them to death or injury. 

California could have used this time to modernize its building codes, improve disaster response systems, and make smarter land-use decisions. Instead, the focus has been on pushing through legislation that appeals to specific interest groups and political donors rather than tackling the structural issues that have led to disaster after disaster.

Bottom line…

We can no longer afford to pretend that California’s problems are merely a result of bad luck or natural forces. What we’re witnessing is the direct consequence of years of poor decision-making, lack of foresight, and, yes, political self-interest.

It’s time to stop blaming the weather and start taking responsibility for the systems we control. If California is ever to recover from the damage caused by this decade of partisan politics, it must confront its failures in disaster preparedness, zoning, and building codes head-on. Only then will we be able to move forward and truly protect the people of this state from future disasters.

It’s time to stand up and call bullshit and for the resignation of unqualified or ineffective leaders.

If you think this was bad, consider California’s “Big One,” which destroyed water mains, gas pipes, electricity, and all other infrastructure.

I don't want to pay more taxes to "fix" the problem, I want politicians to prioritize public safety over supporting welcome wagons for illegal aliens.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve

Smokey


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