In fire-ravaged Los Angeles, an idea so bad even its sponsor has now disowned it
In California, some radical far-left ideas don't seem to be drawing the applause they were expected to draw. Which brings us to one state Sen. Ben Allen, a Santa Monica statehouse senator who put out a proposed law so stinky, so stanky, s...
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17 Jul 2025 ~~ By Monica Showalter
In California, some radical far-left ideas don't seem to be drawing the applause they were expected to draw.
Which brings us to one state Sen. Ben Allen, a Santa Monica statehouse senator who put out a proposed law so stinky, so stanky, so vile, he skedaddled backward as fast as his little legs would carry him.
At a time when the County of Los Angeles has withheld rebuilding permits for all but seven of the 17,000 homeowners who lost their homes in the fires they caused, Allen's SB 549 authorized the state to go around buying up burned properties in fire-ravaged areas, including Altadena and Pacific Palisades, and converting those lots into crime-box high-rise apartment projects for the benefit of the homeless and the "justice-involved individuals."
It made sense from a leftist point of view. Many leftists have gone into low-income housing construction -- and could potentially benefit from construction of crime-box apartments to house bums and criminals who belong in jail.
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Here is his groveling explanation:
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That said, this is a major defeat for a monstrous idea, a double-slap in the face of those who had lost their homes based on city negligence -- failure to clear brush, failure to keep fire trucks and hydrants in working order, failure to fill the reservoir built to fight fires, and all the other positively criminal negligence coming from city and county officials, and now failure to issue rebuilding permits -- but who have grand plans to put bums and criminals first, getting them squared away before the locals are allowed to rebuild.
And don't imagine this isn't part of the plan -- they have yet to issue rebuilding permits to those affected, but still demand property taxes, two-thirds of which are based on the value of the land, on the burned lots, which is forcing many to sell even though they don't want to. What better a setup for nonprofit and homeless housing construction?
Everyone saw through it, and Newsom himself, who has presidential ambitions, probably told Allen to "pause" it.
It stinks. It stinks so bad even its sponsor has probably been forced to disavow it.
Commentary:
These people in California politics are very scary. This is exactly what smart people have warned us against. It’s exactly what they feared.
First the DSA Democrat Left took over California politics by one dirty trick after another, but it’s not enough for them. They mow want to give tyrannical communism another try.
Not everyone who had lived in California is rich enough to simply live elsewhere, waiting forever for building permits. While I doubt anyone owning a home there was poor, after this some of them might become newly the poor.
California lawmakers are the culprits in this disaster, by imposing water regulations to restrict water use to the people and farmers and ultimately even fire fighting all a a fish no one is interested in, or an owl that is thriving.
Through it all the Governor, Sacramento the legislature and Mayor Karen Bass are ultimate responsible.
Unless the people of California wake up and get rid of these political albatrosses the state will never prosper because the people with business sense,wealth and smarts are leaving.
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Meanwhile, Hollywood is facing significant challenges, with many filmmakers moving their productions to other cities like Atlanta and New York due to better financial incentives. This shift has resulted in a notable decline in on-location filming in Los Angeles, marking a troubling trend for the industry.
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