Both President Donald Trump and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass came out of meetings in April expressing optimism that the federal government will come to the aid of the feckless and duplicitous mayor and attempt to help further jumpstart the recovery of the Palisades after the devastating 2025 fire wiped out just about everything.

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According toNBC Los Angeles, Bass said “that she feels optimistic that the Trump administration will send more resources the city needs to recover from the 2025 Palisades Fire after meeting with him and his key advisors in the Oval Office.”

NBC Los Angeles reported that Bass “reiterated to the president that Los Angeles needs financial support from the federal government to rebuild the Palisades neighborhood not only to fix what’s on the streets but also what’s underneath, such as the effort to underground the electrical.”

It’s not like Trump has been sitting on his hands when it comes to Los Angeles. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) directed more than$2 billion in direct assistancethrough grants and Small Business Administration disaster loans to survivors of the fires. All told, the federal government provided$5.7 billionin support, which included debris removal, emergency relief, and recovery programs. And the state of California and Gov. Gavin Newsom havehit Congress upfor another $40 billion. We’re talking Ukraine-sized handouts now.

The Palisades fire destroyed 23,448 acres of land and 6,837 structures. Atotal of 5,942of those structures were single-family homes.

Palisades News reportedthat at last check in February, “More than 480 rebuilding projects were under construction out of roughly 5,600 affected properties, with permits issued for more than 800 addresses, according to city data.”

Real progress has been slow. Thanks to an impossible permitting process and a gauntlet of California red tape, in large swaths of the Palisades, nothing has been done. Still, that hasn’t stopped Bass, Newsom, and other Democrats from asking for billions in federal money.

Source: SGT Report