{"id":414557,"date":"2025-11-24T18:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=414557"},"modified":"2025-12-27T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:36:15","slug":"did-ca-park-official-of-limit-firefighting-efforts-to-contain-palisades-blaze-to-protect-native-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=414557","title":{"rendered":"Did CA Park Official of Limit Firefighting Efforts to Contain Palisades Blaze to Protect Native Plants?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Legal Insurrection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, new LAFD whistleblower testimony alleges Palisades fire wasn\u2019t fully out before it roared back and incinerated the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by\u00a0Leslie Eastman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are rapidly approaching the first anniversary of the Los Angeles area wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I reported recently, it appears that three-quarters of Pacific Palisades and two-thirds of Altadena residents remain in temporary housing. Court cases for compensation and identifying the causes and contributing factors are also continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, attorneys for Palisades fire victims are moving to question Los Angeles firefighters under oath to explore claims that a California State Parks official limited how the department responded to an earlier blaze, which later reignited into the catastrophic firestorm that destroyed thousands of homes. This is in response to accusations that the official was concerned about\u2026\u201d native plant species \u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander \u201cTrey\u201d Robertson, one of the attorneys who filed the complaint against the state, told The Times that a fire official up on the Lachman burn scar Jan. 1 alleged that a California State Parks representative told them \u201cthey couldn\u2019t bring a bulldozer in to cut a line around the fire and they could not do mop-up with their hand tools, dig up around any native plant species.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey basically put plants over people and wouldn\u2019t let the firefighters attempt to fully mop up this fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026The attorneys are highlighting information they received from a Palisades fire victim, reality television personality Spencer Pratt, who says a fire battalion chief told him earlier this month that a representative of California State Parks showed firefighters maps of native species and prohibited firefighters from using a bulldozer to cut a line around the fire. Pratt confirmed the claim in an interview with The Times, and the battalion chief did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robertson said his legal team also interviewed an L.A. firefighter who was on the burn scar on the morning of Jan. 2, who said a battalion chief told him to roll up hoses and leave. The firefighter said he saw a state park representative on scene, though he did not speak to the person and had no information about whether the person influenced mop-up operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea8REPORT: Whistleblowers in LAFD are telling @spencerpratt<\/a> that the Lachman fire was not fully extinguished in order to protect an ENDANGERED PLANT.

Great stuff from @Susan_Shelley<\/a> about how California\u2019s environmental extremism may have contributed to the January LA wildfires. pic.twitter.com\/QEre6zOdgm<\/a><\/p>— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>