Pacific Palisades Fire

They do the same when they come here.... confirmed by the north lakes fire district captain.... it's sop in all wild fires for out of state equipment and goes quickly. But go on.

Wealthy leftards are fine with armed private security and gated communities. Now private firefighting services? Seems like a smart move. A smarter move would be to demand that public services were run competently and being held responsible and accountable. But, that's just white systemic institutional racism. Or as Ern puts its, "That's just getting into the weeds" and anyone holding public officials accountable should be banned on X.

https://instapundit.com/

SF CHRONICLE: Private firefighters protected a Hollywood talent manager’s home. Why are some people so mad?

As [Miley Cyrus’ manager Adam Leber] rushed his family to safety amid a broader firestorm engulfing wide swaths of Los Angeles County, a private firefighting service arrived to ensure his 6,000-square-foot home — once owned by filmmaker Preston Sturges and “rumored to be the site of Charlie Chaplin’s first wedding,” according to an old real estate listing — remained standing.

Leber is one of a growing number of Californians who, faced with the growing threat of wildfires in populated areas, have turned to private firefighting teams as an added layer of protection. Supporters of private firefighting teams argue they can augment the work of government-run efforts, stepping in to fill the cracks caused by depleted city and state budgets and an ever-worsening climate crisis.

But not everyone is a fan of private firefighters, particularly those that contract directly with homeowners outside of insurance, like the company Leber hired. Critics contend that when wealthy individuals hire their own firefighters, they compete with public teams for precious resources such as water, and could potentially interfere with those teams’ efforts by, for example, blocking or crowding narrow access points.

Moreover, they say, private firefighters widen the already-vast chasm between rich and poor, safeguarding the interests of the former at the expense of the latter.

“The rich suffer zero consequences of anything, even cataclysmic natural disasters,” one user wrote on X, responding to a video the Chronicle posted showing private firefighters saving Leber’s house. “Private and firefighter should not be in the same sentence,” wrote another.

As Jon Levine of the New York Post tweets, “Imagine paying into one of the highest tax cities in the nation, and then none of the municipal services you pay for are there for you when you need them and so you have to resort to private services — and then are shamed for doing so!”

Just nothing that could have been done differently.

Big if true.

Wow, a bunch of DEI leftards have a sweeping plan. Next on the agenda cheap accessible high speed rail and then a revamp of the Cali public education system. Definitely sounds shovel ready. Can we bet on the over/under date of the first completed new building on the burnt out Malibu coast line? January 1, 2031? Definitely will be longer that the time it took the US to win World War II.

I concluded long ago that "well intentioned" is a lie. There was nothing well intentioned about the collusion of the teacher unions and blue state governors to lock healthy kids out of school so the teachers can go on vacation. Lying about the origin of the chicom crud was not well intentioned. There was nothing well intentioned about the Russia Russia hoax. There is nothing well intentioned about EV mandates. A lust for power combined with stupidity and ignorance doesn't get a pass in my book. If the left wants a participation trophy and a Capri Sun they can go look up Ern. Punishing others for their success because you are jealous is not a moral virtue.

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