Trump Overrides California’s Inept Leadership, Puts EPA’s Zeldin in Charge of Palisades Fire Rebuilding Permits

LA fire chief rips ‘massive failure of leadership’ by Karen Bass in damning Senate testimony

A longtime Los Angeles fire chief ripped into Mayor Karen Bass for a massive “failure of leadership” in extraordinary testimony Wednesday as a congressional inquiry looks into the deadly Palisades Fire.

Trump Overrides California’s Inept Leadership, Puts EPA’s Zeldin in Charge of Palisades Fire Rebuilding Permits

In a decisive move to cut through the bureaucratic red tape strangling wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts in Southern California, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is placing EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in charge of expediting permits for rebuilding in areas devastated by the Palisades Fire.  The decision comes as a direct rebuke to Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, whose handling of the disaster has…