President-elect Donald Trump’s victory was fateful in many ways, but its importance has been underscored by the ongoing fires in California. If there is anyone who can rebuild the fire-ravaged areas of our state, it is Donald Trump. The state and local officials who were supposed to prevent disasters and protect us have lost all public confidence. Moreover, they have no idea how to build anything.

Governor Gavin Newsom has been in office for six years, and hasn’t built any new reservoirs or cleared brush from the forests. He promised to build 3.5 million new homes, but just 1.1 million have received permits since he took office in 2019 — and many of those have not even been built yet.

President Joe Biden happened to be in town when the fires broke out. He flew over the damage in a helicopter and left. His “Inflation Reduction Act” allocated $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging stations. He built about eight.

Mayor Karen Bass has three years in which to prepare L.A. to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, and the city is nowhere close to ready. Yet she decided it would be a good idea to travel to Africa before an extreme wind event.

The only official who seems to know what he is supposed to be doing is newly-installed District Attorney Nate Hochman, a former Republican, who immediately warned would-be looters that they would be caught and punished.

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