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The embers hadn’t yet been extinguished. Ash blanketed the windshields of vehicles that, amid the chaos, had been hastily abandoned in the middle of the road.
Families were already itching to return, to search the wreckage for that familiar heirloom, that picture frame, that reminder of the place they once called home. The place that they were determined to call home once again.
Rep. Brad Sherman, our longtime congressman, was already explaining what couldn’t be done. He said we simply could not rebuild with power lines underground. Why?
Not because of the engineering. Not because of the labor. Not even because of the cost.
It was because if we undergrounded power lines in the Pacific Palisades, there would be requests to do it in other parts of the district. There would be political pressure.
Political inconvenience.
Just days later, along with other Los Angeles-area elected officials, Sherman had the opportunity to meet with President Donald Trump and other federal officials. The purpose of that meeting was simple: get LA the resources our families desperately needed.
Instead, Sherman blew it up to pick a public fight on camera.
Three months later, his campaign ad ran, bragging about that “fight.”
Performative politics might feel good in the moment, but it doesn’t rebuild a single home. With 7,000 structures destroyed and........