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The first lady and I are in California to express a great love for the people of California,
Trump told a gathering of local leaders at a fire station in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood People are willing to get a dumpster and do it themselves and clean it up. There is not that much left, it is all incinerated,
Thank you for being here, it means a great deal to all of us. Not just the folks in Palisades, the folks in Altadena that were devastated. We're going to need your support, were going to need your help, you were there for us during COVID, I don't forget that, and I have all the expectations that we will be able to work together, to get this speedy recovery."
Newsom, greeting Trump upon his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon The more I think about Trump's threat to withhold aid to fire victims, California should think about making its federal taxes contingent on responsible federal action..."
Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, in a post to X, formerly Twitter That will not be the case,
Bass said after Trump claimed that But the people are willing to clear out their own debris,
You have emergency powers just like I do,
So I'm hoping that we can get these funds and that we don't punish individuals for the policies of their state,
Every insurance company in the country left California. That's why you have no insurance because you made it so impossible. People that think like you made it so impossible,
We could get people back building as fast as possible, and we're going to continue doing that,
Well, the hazardous waste, what's hazardous waste?"
They just want to start, and they were very concerned with the 18 months,
I've had so many calls from developers, and they want to come in,
I have all the expectations we're going to be able to work together,
Playing politics with people's livelihoods is unacceptable and a slap in the face to the Southern California wildfire victims and to our brave first responders,
Representative Young Kim, a Republican from Orange County, south of Los Angeles, said in a recent statement Smoke and ash can harm everyone, even those who are healthy,
Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County's health officer, said in a statement It's very bureaucratic. And it's very slow. Other than that, we're very happy with them,
We're looking to get something completed. And the way you get it completed is to work together to govern the state, and we're going to get it completed. They're going to need a lot of federal help,
Trump told reporters after Newsom met him on the tarmac when Air Force One landed in Los Angeles FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,
he said during a tour of a neighborhood destroyed by Helene, where trees were downed and homes had boarded-up windows This will have substantial benefits to consumers, and in fact, it may be one of the biggest affordability measures out there,
said Evelyn Kahl, chief policy officer to the California Community Choice Association, representing community electricity aggregators
