The Hills Actor Spencer Pratt who lost his home in the Pacific Palisades fire put New LA legislation Democrats passed onto Grok 4 Heavy to understand it
“California senate has passed SB549 granting LA county AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE FIRE DESTROYED LOTS FOR MINIMAL COST”
“Directly contradicting Mr. Gavin Newsom's previous assurance to homeowners that such government driven property conversions wouldn't happen. It enables cities and counties to allocate property taxes to infrastructure districts from January 2026 mandating 40% affordable housing.
— It authorizes LA county to create a resilient rebuilding authority — It strips local control, creates a county authority that overrides city community decisions on rebuilding after the wildfires, centralizing power away from locals. An example the Pacific Palisades Input ignored enables rezoning without input allows rezoning for resilient. That's what it's called projects like infill housing transit without full resident approval displacement risk authority can buy land back”
“The people that are in charge of this bill, they're the people in charge of letting the whole town burn down.”