Three wildfires which have been burning since Jan. 7 have destroyed thousands of structures and left 88,000 who had to evacuate displaced.
Over 7,500 firefighters, national guard and emergency responders from across California have been sent to Los Angeles to fight the fire, along with forces from neighboring states and federal resources to battle the blazes.
Meanwhile, firefighters and sheriff’s officers on the ground trying to combat the fires and keep social order are being pushed to their limit.
While residents come to terms with their losses, at least 40 have been busted for looting from the smoldering remains, including at least one person who dressed as a firefighter to blend in.
Former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley and ex County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told The Post they are dismayed by the looting which is taking place and mismanagement of city services which allowed the fire department to be defunded, reservoirs unfilled and fire hydrants to run dry.
“I didn’t know how focused the Los Angeles Fire Department was on this nonsense of diversity, equity and inclusion,” he said.
“The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.
“We told the Board of Supervisors numerous times that they’re defunding and de-staffing would have long term effects on public safety but it fell on deaf ears.”
He also railed against the city’s “hysteria” in obsessing over diversity rather then getting the best people for jobs.
A representative of his office contacted by The Post Tuesday said they were unsure of his current whereabouts and said they were “pretty sure” he had been at the wildfires at some point.
However, the state’s top fire fighter, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Joe Tyler has been somewhat less conspicuous.
In it she stated the man would have “got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire,” which some interpreted as victim blaming, while others felt it was stating the obvious.
“People seem to be finally waking up and seeing how stupid this whole woke religion is and how it hurts. There is a recall movement for Governor Gavin Newsom, but it’s a non-starter. Recalling anyone in the state is near impossible.”
“Every single LA City and LA County appointment is made with the most extreme left-wing agenda you can imagine.”
