Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena have a 100% probability of burning again once rebuilding is complete.
While fire victims are doing their part, rebuilding with fire-hardened materials, creating defensible space, and following every mandate, our city and government have failed to act on their responsibilities. Despite all this effort by individual homeowners, the systemic failures of leadership continue to leave entire communities vulnerable.
In places like Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena, where recent fires have already destroyed homes and businesses, the probability of another catastrophic fire is 100% once rebuilding is complete, not due to the actions of residents, but due to the absence of infrastructure upgrades, outdated emergency protocols, and blatant refusal by officials to address known risks.
The burden continues to be placed entirely on fire victims. Homeowners are told to fire-harden their homes and create defensible space, yet even critical infrastructure like supermarkets (Ralphs, Gelson’s) that burned in the Palisades Fire exemplify how such protections are useless if incompetent leadership continues. If large commercial buildings can’t be protected under current policies, how are individual homes supposed to stand a chance?
No fire trucks were seen at any point during the Palisades Fire, leaving residents to defend their homes alone or watch them burn with no official response.
Leadership has taken no action other than blaming the fire victims.
To rebuild, we must take the following into consideration, or we will be rebuilding just to let it burn again.
- Leadership Accountability: No leaders have taken responsibility, and without accountability, the same mistakes will be repeated in the next disaster.
- First Responders: No fire crews responded during either the Palisades or Woolsey Fires, leaving entire neighborhoods to burn.
- Water Supply: Reservoir levels are easy to monitor, yet no consistent oversight exists, leaving firefighters without the resources they need when it matters most.
- Power Lines: Power lines remain above ground in fire-prone areas, making it only a matter of time before another fire is sparked by electrical infrastructure.
- Brush Clearance: Homeowners are required to clear brush, yet government-owned land remains untouched, creating dangerous fuel loads for future wildfires.
- Wind Forecasts: Historical records show wind events stronger than those on January 7, indicating that similar extreme wind conditions are not only possible, they’re inevitable.
Leadership Accountability
First Responders
Water Supply
Power Lines
Brush Clearance
