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<\/p>\nDr. Peter and Ginger Breggin<\/p>\n
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Jan. 9, 2025 4 pm ET.<\/p>\n
The LA fires are unprecedented in\u00a0the number and size of the fires<\/a>\u00a0that have\u00a0broken out<\/a>\u00a0in and around the\u00a0second largest city in the US<\/a>. Over 1000 structures and 45 square miles are destroyed. More than 380,000 people have been under warnings or\u00a0orders to evacuate<\/a>. Over\u00a0450,000 people are without power<\/a>. More than 24 school districts are\u00a0partially or totally closed<\/a>. Fire hydrants have run dry. Arsonists in Santa Monica have been\u00a0caught on camera setting fires<\/a>. The LA County Sheriff says\u00a0some areas look<\/a>\u00a0like \u2018a bomb was dropped.\u2019 President Biden\u00a0commented on the fires<\/a>\u00a0while in LA. He doled out relief funds, and announced he is a first time great-grandfather, and that son Hunter\u2019s home in LA is unharmed. Today\u00a0Biden gave a national address<\/a> promising to oversee a full federal response to the wildfires.<\/p>\n The 15 Minute City Plans for Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n Los Angeles is one of dozens of cities whose \u201cmayors and the cities they lead\u201d are members in the international\u00a0C40 Cities initiative<\/a>. This is a movement to achieve the\u00a0United Nations<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0globalist goals of restructuring cities<\/a>\u00a0to address\u00a0the manufactured \u201cclimate change\u201d crisis<\/a>. Cities from around the world are participating in this movement.<\/p>\n Funding support<\/a>\u00a0comes from many progressive and globalist sources, including the Open Society Foundations run by\u00a0George Soros<\/a>\u00a0and son as well as other supporters. Soros is notorious for training and funding riots in America and for taking many other actions to ruin the economies of sovereign nations, earning him the title among others of the \u201cworst billionaire in the world.\u201d Other contributors are Uber, FedEx, Google, Wellcome, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the UK Government, the European Union, among many others. The World Bank, one of\u00a0the most predatory globalist institutions<\/a>\u00a0which is closely associated with the UN, is a designated Partner.<\/p>\n Los Angeles is all-in on their 15 Minute City plan that they have named\u00a0the Livable Communities Initiative (LCI)<\/a>: \u201ca plan to address LA\u2019s housing, traffic and climate crisis by building 3-5 stories of gentle density above small retail along carefully chosen commercial streets that are transformed to be walkable, bikeable, and livable.\u201d This sounds like the perfect plan for the now destroyed\u00a0Pacific Palisades community<\/a>\u00a0which is part of Greater Los Angeles. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood was an older community with many quirky and quaint but aged features. A profile of the neighborhood offers further\u00a0details about the community<\/a>\u00a0that existed prior to the fire destruction. Now that the area has suffered such destruction, rebuilding has to occur.<\/p>\n Whether it is a bizarre coincidence or a result of dreadfully bad politics this is the kind of disaster that progressives and globalists love to take advantage of and we can expect to see glowing reports of the coming construction of LA as a shining example of the Olympics and future cities of the world. The only question is, can they get it together in time? We anticipate that all the regulations and red tape that they usually embrace will magically disappear.<\/p>\n We are left with the astonishing serendipity that a huge swath of the City of Los Angeles has been cleared just in time to be made shovel ready for a newer, better, futuristic version of city neighborhoods to be constructed that will be a showcase for the 2028 Olympics. All the sentimentality and the cultural and historic building objections to modernization, not to mention property owned by private individuals who may not want to sell or give up their home or business building, have been swept aside in a 48-hour period by a scorched earth event.<\/p>\n Let the building begin.<\/p>\n Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste<\/strong><\/p>\n The coincidences continue to pile up, leading many to declare that the massive neglects, mistakes, and failures resulting in devastation from the LA wildfires was more than a natural disaster. Evidence of this has not yet emerged. But Los Angeles is prepared. They already have all the plans in place to build back better. As President Obama\u2019s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is famous for saying: \u201cYou never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.\u201d<\/p>\n With the LA fires of 2025 the landscape is now prepared for the building of SmartLA 2028, just in time for the Olympics.<\/p>\n SmartLA 2028\u2014The Blueprint is Already in Place<\/strong><\/p>\n The City of Los Angeles already produced the blueprint in 2020 to implement their 15-minute city plan. This will convert LA into a \u201chighly digital and connected city in 2028.\u201d SmartLA 2028: Technology for a better Los Angeles<\/em>, declares:<\/p>\n Los Angeles residents will experience an improved quality of life by leveraging technology to meet urban challenges. No longer the \u201ccar capital of the world\u201d, residents will choose how they wish to get around LA, using a single, digital payment platform, with choices like renovated Metro rail and bus systems or micro transit choices, such as on-demand LANow shuttles or dockless bicycles. Neighborhoods will again welcome the pedestrian and allow easy access to green space.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Introduction of the blueprint contains a\u00a0declaration from Mayor Eric Garcetti<\/a>\u00a0from his state of the City delivered April 19, 2020:<\/p>\n \u201dThe soul of our recovery will shape the contours of our City\u2019s future for decades to come\u2026 We have a blueprint for the city of the future.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The SmartLA 2028 blueprint\u00a0contains a map<\/a> of the Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Hollywood regions, all seriously fire-damaged, showing their special importance in the coming city restructuring.<\/p>\n Just in Time for the Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n Coincidentally, the 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Los Angeles! The Olympics have become a globalist spectacle, and cities put great effort to be their very best when hosting the event. China for example\u00a0displaced over 1.5 million residents<\/a>\u00a0in Beijing during preparations for the 2008 Olympics. Many of the confirmed\u00a0venues for the Olympic games<\/a>\u00a0are located in the neighborhoods that have been affected by the fires<\/p>\n The SmartLA 2028 plans have developed and perfected the vision of a new and improved region of the city that will be a showcase of modernity and global citizenship when hosting the upcoming Olympics. As with\u00a0the many plans and tabletop exercises<\/a>\u00a0that were done prior to the 2020 COVID pandemic, which we now know was manufactured and weaponized to introduce totalitarian measures into the lives of free citizens, the 15 minute plans for the damaged regions of Los Angeles are already been hammered out and were ready to be implemented when disaster struck this week.<\/p>\n Failing Infrastructure and Maintenance in Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n LA mayor Karen Bass is\u00a0being heavily criticized<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0cutting the fire department budget by $17 million<\/a>\u00a0in 2024, hampering the department\u2019s ability to contain the fires. FEMA has now declared they will pay for more firefighters,\u00a0promising reimbursement to the state of up to 75% of the costs<\/a>\u00a0incurred. The\u00a0LA fire chief has been warning<\/a>\u00a0for weeks that the department would be hindered responding to \u201clarge-scale\u201d emergencies due to the budget cuts. To add further insult, the LA County fire department and\u00a0surrounding departments<\/a>\u00a0donated \u201csurplus\u201d equipment to Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0in 2022.\u00a0Equipment included<\/a>\u00a0fire engines, ambulances, hoses, nozzles, turnouts, helmets, body armor, and other personal protective gear. We are also reminded that many of the seasoned and experienced\u00a0LA fire fighters were laid off<\/a>\u00a0and threatened with firing for refusing to submit to receiving the COVID \u201cvaccine.\u201d How many gave up and went elsewhere for work?<\/p>\n Helicopters and specialized airplanes have been unable to assist fully in firefighting due to the Santa Ana winds\u00a0blowing up to 100 mph<\/a>; most flights remained grounded. Within 24 hours of the outbreak the US Navy was directed by President Biden to assist Los Angeles,\u00a0providing 10 Navy military helicopters to do water drops<\/a>. The\u00a0winds are so fierce<\/a>\u00a0that multiple tractor trailer trucks have been blown on their sides on the freeways. A further complication developed when air space above the fires was\u00a0temporarily restricted<\/a>\u00a0during President Biden\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n Now it becomes clear why various upgrades and preventive maintenance have been ignored by the city. For instance the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2014largest sheriff\u2019s department in the nation–is operating with an\u00a0\u201carchaic\u201d computer dispatch system<\/a>\u00a0that failed on New Years Eve and was out of commission for several days. Deputies were forced to use their radios, pens, notepads, and phones when\u00a0the 38 year old system went down<\/a>. Since 2022 when he assumed office,\u00a0Sheriff Robert Luna<\/a>\u00a0has been working to get the computer system updated. Now we begin to see that the city plans to restructure and \u201crenovate\u201d the city has encouraged neglect of aging infrastructure and the city\u2019s antiquated computer dispatch system is an example. No need to repair or rebuild something twice.<\/p>\n Likewise, there has been neglect at every administrative level of\u00a0wildfire management<\/a>\u00a0resulting in tinder box conditions with dry, uncleared brush in forests and on hillsides.<\/p>\n Planned Obsolescence?<\/strong><\/p>\n The images and accounts of the five Los Angeles fires are achingly similar to the images and stories of the Lahaina fire in Maui. Administrative incompetence, dry fire hydrants, residents fleeing on foot toward the coast for their lives from traffic jams threatened by the spreading blazes.\u00a0As John Leake has just observed<\/a>\u00a0\u201cLike Lahaina, LA was warned in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Lahaina [Maui] in 2018, Los Angeles was warned by the Woolsey Fire\u2014which ignited on November 8, 2018, burned 96,949 acres, and destroyed 1,643 structures\u2014of the sort of catastrophe that is likely to occur when conditions are dry and windy. As was the case in Lahaina, it appears that what passes for leadership in Los Angeles made little to no investment in preventing the disaster.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It is as though we are being tested. Did we as a country \u201ctolerate\u201d what we witnessed happening in Maui? Have we \u201ctolerated\u201d the Hurricane Helene and Milton disaster that swept through Southern Appalachia wiping out infrastructure in a quarter of Western North Carolina and the mountain area of Eastern Tennessee (in addition to the lesser degree of\u00a0damage in Virginia, Georgia, Florida<\/a>.) Have we ignored the lack of governmental response to the catastrophic damage?<\/p>\n This latest disaster, unabated and zero percent contained 48 hours into the fires, is going to run up astronomical damage amounts and uncountable toll upon residents, pets, livestock, historical structures, natural surroundings and economies. The cumulative disasters are evidence of the destruction of civilization, culture, and history of region after region in America. What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n As in the Hurricane Helene disaster that leveled so much of Southeastern Appalachia, insurance also plays a part. Property owners in the Los Angeles fires who have lost homes in the last 48 hours\u00a0report that their property owner insurance was cancelled\u00a0<\/a>four months ago because California State insurance regulations were so stringent the insurance companies withdrew from offering insurance in that state.<\/p>\n Reminiscent of the Maui fire, the fire hydrants had no water with which to fight the blazes. Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry despite\u00a0state residents having approved billions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0for new water storage facilities over 10 years ago.\u00a0Proposition 1 is a $7.5 billion water bond<\/a>\u00a0\u201cintended to provide significant investments in the state\u2019s drought-challenged water systems.\u201d Although funded,\u00a0not a single water storage project has been completed<\/a>. The state government has allowed on government organizations (NGOs)\u00a0to prevent completion of water projects<\/a>\u00a0by suing\u00a0on behalf of a claimed endangered species<\/a>\u2014a kind of 3 inch smelt fish.<\/p>\n Water has been\u00a0liquid gold<\/a>\u00a0for Southern California, and was famously highlighted by the movie\u00a0Chinatown<\/a>, which starred Jack Nicholson and Fay Dunaway. The documentary\u00a0River\u2019s End: California\u2019s Latest Water War (2021<\/a>), examines the interested parties and potential for crisis due to freshwater uncertainty. Meanwhile the uncaptured snow melt and water runoff from precious winter rains is\u00a0captured in canals<\/a>\u00a0that drain into the ocean\u2014a devastating waste of this scarce resource.<\/p>\n Federal Assistance is Quickly Forthcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n Federal assistance is rushing in from FEMA and from the US military at the direction of President Biden in stark contrast to the lack of any US assistance to\u00a0the devastated Western North Carolina\/Eastern Tennessee<\/a>\u00a0survivors, where road, bridge, rail and other infrastructures have been wiped from the face of the earth by the combination of Hurricane Helene wind and water damage, flooding, mud slides and fires. As the arctic freeze moves across the nation and due to land on the Southern Appalachians on January 10th<\/sup>, there are\u00a0citizens<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0lost everything<\/a>\u00a0living in\u00a0tents and other structures<\/a>\u00a0creating\u00a0life threatening hypothermia<\/a>\u00a0risk\u00a0as the winter freeze arrives<\/a>. One the\u00a0ground volunteers<\/a>\u00a0are reporting FEMA has confirmed \u201c3500 households in #WNC\u00a0will lose their transitional sheltering Assistance<\/a>,\u201d just days before the worst winter storms role in.<\/p>\n Fires Exploding Throughout the City<\/strong><\/p>\n The Palisades fire is in the Pacific Palisades region of LA, furthest west and closest to the coastline. It is now exploding into the bordering coastal communities of Malibu and Santa Monica as well as the inland community of Brentwood and is\u00a0the most destructive<\/a>\u00a0in Los Angeles history. The iconic multimillion dollar homes built over the Pacific ocean along the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades region have burned\u00a0\u201cdown to the sand\u201d<\/a>\u00a0according to interviewed homeowners. The Getty Villa and Getty Center are threatened and some trees and vegetation have been lost but the\u00a0property and art collections are unharmed \u201cso far.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0The\u00a0historic 186-acres Will Rogers<\/a>\u00a0ranch\u00a0has been gutted<\/a>.\u00a0Sunset Boulevard<\/a>\u00a0along the West Hollywood Strip has been closed:<\/p>\n The West Hollywood strip known for its nightlife and restaurant scene was gridlocked Tuesday by Los Angeles residents fleeing the Palisades area. Officials told those on Sunset Boulevard to abandon their cars and walk to safety. The Los Angeles Fire Department later moved the abandoned vehicles to make way for firefighters. The stretch of Sunset Boulevard between San Vicente and Crescent Heights remains closed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Astonishing\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0has been captured of the\u00a0desperate evacuees in gridlock<\/a>\u00a0and the fire department using\u00a0bulldozers to clear cars from the road<\/a>\u00a0after occupants were told by police to abandon their vehicles and run for their lives.<\/p>\n A new wildfire\u00a0erupted in the Hollywood Hills<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday night and has been named the Sunset Fire. Before\u00a0being fully contained<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, flames raced toward Hollywood Boulevard and were threatening the iconic Hollywood sign.\u00a0Studio City had a blaze break out<\/a>\u00a0the night of January 8th<\/sup>. Firefighters\u00a0managed to contain that fire<\/a>\u00a0which consumed several homes but was prevented from spreading into the hills above Ventura Boulevard and the San Fernando Valley community. There is\u00a0an interactive map of the region here<\/a>\u00a0for readers who want a further orientation.\u00a0The Griffith Observatory<\/a> and planetarium, located at the top of the Hollywood Hills is closed and shrouded in smoke but has not been involved in the fire.<\/p>\n The Eaton Fire in Altadena, CA has now\u00a0claimed five lives<\/a>\u00a0and sheriff deputies report they expect to find more bodies. This fire has now claimed over 10,600 acres and only started yesterday. The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory is within the\u00a0evacuation zone of the Eaton fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thousands of horses<\/a>\u00a0have been brought to the evacuation zones. Some horses had to be turned loose in burning neighborhoods when owners were not able to evacuate them in time. Dramatic nighttime\u00a0video of rescue and evacuation of nervous horses<\/a>\u00a0in the Eaton fire as the sky glows orange, emergency vehicles flashers blink and smoke haze and embers fill the air highlight the fear and the danger. The Rose Bowl stadium, located in Pasadena, is not high-risk at this time and LA Sheriff\u2019s Department reports it is being used as a large animal evacuation center.\u00a0Footage of horses<\/a>\u00a0being lead on foot by exhausted owners and trainers through smoke and ember filled streets in rescue attempts has been posted on social media.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Hurst Fire<\/a>\u00a0began late Tuesday in Sylmar, in the northern San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. The entire mountainside\u00a0was reported to be burning<\/a>\u00a0according to California Highway Patrol Officers.<\/p>\n The Woodley Fire took more than 30 acres in west San Fernando Valley and is reported under control now. The fire in Acton north of Los Angeles, now\u00a0called the Lidia Fire<\/a>, ignited Wednesday afternoon and has claimed up to 348 acres and is partially contained.<\/p>\n The worst fire\u2014the Pacific Palisaides fire\u2014remains 0% contained.<\/p>\n Because rare minerals have been so influential in the\u00a0Southern Appalachia region disaster<\/a>, a search turned up a\u00a0single mineral<\/a>,\u00a0Salammoniac<\/a>, which has\u00a0use as a smelling salt pharmaceutical<\/a>. The mineral is documented at\u00a0Bernheimer Gardens, Burning Mountain, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California.<\/a>\u00a0But there is no indication that there is any mining or intent to mine in the region. Something more valuable has been unearthed by the fires: miles of prime real estate with ocean front and ocean views available for development in one of the most important and densely populated cities in the world.<\/p>\n Primary author Ginger Breggin<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/6b7df10c-d459-4497-935b-2d0f7a5a25db_757x982.webp\")
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