LA Fires Disinformation
NOT TRUE: Governor Newsom’s letter to Congress for federal fire assistance included a list of NGOs to get money.
FACT: There was no list of NGOs in the Governor’s letters.
CLAIM: The Office of the First Partner diverted brush-clearing or wildfire-prevention money, donated money to itself, and stole public money.
FACT: The Office of the First Partner existed under multiple administrations and was renamed in 2019.
CLAIM: The Trump admin eliminated federal permitting barriers.
FACT: The claimed federal permitting process did not exist.
NOT TRUE: California State Parks controls firefighting response.
FACT: California State Parks is not a firefighting agency and does not direct emergency fire response.
FALSE: State Parks caught lying about Lachman Fire, did nothing to stop it from becoming Palisades Fire
The area in question lies within Los Angeles city limits — making it the responsibility of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
FALSE: The Governor has stolen $100 million from fire victims (through FireAid)
Neither the Governor nor the state of California has received any funding through the independent, separate fundraising organization known as FireAid.
FALSE CLAIM: Gov Newsom & his admin (Cal Volunteers) took money from the FireAid relief fund in Los Angeles – meant for survivors to rebuild their lives.
This is false. California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, has never received FireAid funds.
FALSE CLAIM: New ‘report’ claims no firetrucks in The Palisades & no high-wind warnings during LA Firestorms
With the National Weather Service issuing multiple alerts leading up to the devastating LA fires, and throughout, response vehicles were prepositioned & additional resources and personnel were added in the hours and days after.
No, LA fires were NOT deliberately set to hide secret pedophile tunnels
These fires were caused by extreme weather: high winds and dry conditions.
LA Fire Department did NOT have to recruit from the general public to fight wildfires
California had over 15,000 firefighters and public safety officers on the ground battling these blazes and keeping impacted areas safe.