Billionaire developer Rick Caruso discusses the recent California wildfires and criticizes the city's response, emphasizing the need for preventative measures and better infrastructure. He highlights his experience in the Palisades and the need for rebuilding efforts to prioritize fire-resistant designs.
“To know there’s a fire coming, to know you’re in fire season,” Caruso said. “We had a fire three weeks ago in Malibu. Six years ago we had a fire in Brentwood, and for those that don’t know the Brentwood area, it’s 15 minutes from where thewas. There’s 40-year-old vegetation between Brentwood and the Palisades, and at that time, I said, ‘If that fire travels, it’s gonna come through and wipe out the Palisades.”“I’m so sad that I was right,” he added. “It was predictable, Bill.
After the fires initially broke out in the Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, blazes continued to erupt across in the fires’ paths. At least 25 people were also killed. “What we should be doing in the city and what we should do now, we have an opportunity: underground the power lines,” he responded. “But when everybody starts talking about rebuilding, yes, we need to rebuild quickly, and yes, we need to get people back in their homes, but we also need to be smart about it because the Palisades, just like Altadena, — and God bless the families there too — the Palisades is gonna remain in a fire zone. So don’t go build the same damn thing.
“Of course it’s good because by us having our home team there, it freed up the L.A. Fire Department to go take care of other people,” he replied. “But here’s what I would tell you, if we have a fully funded fire department that has more resources, you wouldn’t need the privates.”
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