LOS ANGELES, California — Billionaire developer and former L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso shared a report Saturday that alleges the Palisades Fire was manageable, implying local officials failed in their duties.
Caruso, who protected his own Palisades Village mall using private firefighters and mobile water tankers, cited the report as evidence that city officials could have prepared for the fire and stopped its spread.
The report disputes the claim that there was nothing officials could have done because of the unprecedented strength of the winds, or the dry local conditions, which some have claimed were a result of climate change.
Rather, the report says, the winds were within historically manageable levels for the first several hours of the fire, and dry conditions were normal for
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