
Firefighters work near a burning structure in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. (Jason Ryan/NurPhoto)
FOX NEWS | Published January 13, 2025
The LA wildfires have destroyed more than 12,300 homes around LA over five consecutive days, leaving at least 11 people dead
Kristian Fors, a Los Angeles County resident and research fellow at the California-based Independent Institute, says locals are wondering what their tax dollars are going toward as officials struggle to contain devastating wildfires fanned by strong winds.
The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,300 homes around LA over five consecutive days, leaving at least 11 people dead and thousands displaced. As of Saturday morning, the Palisades Fire was 11% contained, the Eaton Fire 15% contained, the Kenneth Fire 80% contained, and the Hurst Fire 76% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
“I think at its core level, we, the citizens of the United States and of Los Angeles, we expect certain provisions from our government. And when people see that our basic needs are not being met, they’re angry,” Fors told Fox News Digital.
“I think the people of California — they were willing to pay high taxes. They were willing to support things that maybe they don’t necessarily agree with because there was a basic assumption that underlies it all, that our government is here to take care of us,” he continued. “But now in a situation like this, when there’s total mismanagement, when people are scared, when there’s 0% containment, people are asking themselves a question, what did all those tax dollars go for?”
Fors, whose research focuses on government waste and inefficiencies in California, evacuated his home in La Cañada Flintridge, which neighbors the now-smoldering city of Altadena, with his grandfather after their next-door neighbor knocked on their door at 6 a.m. and said, “You need to leave.”
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BREITBART | Published January 13, 2025
Los Angeles residents angered by local officials’ response to the fires devastating their communities are now questioning how their tax dollars are being used, a researcher told Fox News.
Kristian Fors, a Los Angeles County resident and research fellow at the California-based Independent Institute, told the outlet on Sunday that Californians assume their leaders will fix problems that arise, Fox News reported.
“I think at its core level, we, the citizens of the United States
” I think at its core level, we, the citizens of the United States and of Los Angeles, we expect certain provisions from our government. And when people see that our basic needs are not being met, they’re angry,” he continued:
I think the people of California — they’re willing to pay high taxes. They’re willing to support things that maybe they don’t necessarily agree with because there is a basic assumption that underlies it all, that our government is here to take care of us. But now in a situation like this, when there’s total mismanagement, when people are scared, when there’s 0% containment, people are asking themselves a question, what did all those tax dollars go for?
The death toll from the wildfires that are leaving the Los Angeles area in ashes rose to 16 on Sunday, according to Breitbart News
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SOURCE: www.breitbart.com
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