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Senator Adam Schiff made a compelling case for establishing an independent commission to examine the response to Southern California’s devastating wildfires during his appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
The California Democrat expressed his support for the governor’s initiative to investigate water supply issues in affected areas like the Palisades and Altadena, where water pressure problems were reported. However, Schiff believes a more comprehensive review is necessary.
Schiff: "The reservoirs were full at the initiation of these fires."
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“The governor’s called for an independent review of why we didn’t have enough water in places like the Palisades, there were also water pressure issues in Altadena. I support that independent review. I think we should go further and, frankly, do an independent commission review of all of this. What went right in our response? What went wrong in it,” Schiff stated.
The congressman also raised serious concerns about the reliability of evacuation alerts during the crisis. He emphasized the critical nature of maintaining public trust in emergency communications, noting that inaccurate alerts could have severe consequences for both civilians and emergency responders.
Lying for CA Sen Adam Schiff is second nature. He’s an obvious Sociopath!
Five years ago, Gov Gavin Newsom had the chance to have “millions of gallons a week, a day..come down from the north.” He refused! It’s gross mismanagement! He didn’t do a thing to help avert these fires!… pic.twitter.com/gM0AYvnsLl
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“I’m deeply concerned about these erroneous alerts, these erroneous evacuation alerts that have gone out. If people can’t trust when they’re told you need to get out, that they do need to get out, then it not only severely impacts the whole effort, but people ignore the alerts, endangering themselves and endangering the firefighters that have to step between the fires and these civilians. So there’s a lot to get through. I think we need an independent commission to look at all of it, and beyond that, Jonathan, we’re going to need to rebuild and with a sense of urgency. We need cleanup operations when the flames are out. We need the rebuilding to go forward,” Schiff remarked.
