Jay Powell

Yeah, so I know this past very well because I would drive through it.

Yeah, and I think that's going to be a big part of this breakdown after this happens, because in a lot of these cases, you might lose a home or two, but you haven't had this kind of wholesale destruction in a while. And when I lived in Brentwood, I had a shake roof. That's a fancy way of saying shingles, wood shingles, and they would bake in the sun.

Yeah, and I think that's going to be a big part of this breakdown after this happens, because in a lot of these cases, you might lose a home or two, but you haven't had this kind of wholesale destruction in a while. And when I lived in Brentwood, I had a shake roof. That's a fancy way of saying shingles, wood shingles, and they would bake in the sun.

And I love this roof, but my neighbors, who in Brentwood were all 70, 80 years old, and I was right on Sunset Boulevard, and I could look up from my house and see the place you just showed, which is the Getty Center and the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 and Sunset Boulevard. I was only allowed cyan to replace 30% of my roof at a time. You couldn't replace it and put shake roofs on.

And I love this roof, but my neighbors, who in Brentwood were all 70, 80 years old, and I was right on Sunset Boulevard, and I could look up from my house and see the place you just showed, which is the Getty Center and the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 and Sunset Boulevard. I was only allowed cyan to replace 30% of my roof at a time. You couldn't replace it and put shake roofs on.

You could only like maintain it because in 1961, there was the Bel Air and Brentwood fires. And these fires, you want to talk about like in memory, Jamal, this one, Zsa Zsa Gabor and tons of celebrities lost their homes as well. This one was started because of the Santa Ana winds and somebody was just burning a rubbish pile. I think it was some construction workers were burning that.

You could only like maintain it because in 1961, there was the Bel Air and Brentwood fires. And these fires, you want to talk about like in memory, Jamal, this one, Zsa Zsa Gabor and tons of celebrities lost their homes as well. This one was started because of the Santa Ana winds and somebody was just burning a rubbish pile. I think it was some construction workers were burning that.

They said to me, the neighbors, do you know about the Bel Air fire? You know what the Brentwood fire? You got to get rid of that shake roof. You got to get rid of that shake roof. When my daughter was born, the roofer said to me, let's put composites on. I put composites on. And he said, what do you want to do with the sprinkler system?

They said to me, the neighbors, do you know about the Bel Air fire? You know what the Brentwood fire? You got to get rid of that shake roof. You got to get rid of that shake roof. When my daughter was born, the roofer said to me, let's put composites on. I put composites on. And he said, what do you want to do with the sprinkler system?

And I said, there's a sprinkler system in my little one story ranch house? He said, yeah. I said, I've never seen it. And he showed it to me. It was on the roof. People were so scared after that 62 fire, they were putting these on the roof. And now you cannot have. Wood roofs have been banned. You were grandfathered in. I was part of that. But there was a lot of PTSD from that.

And I said, there's a sprinkler system in my little one story ranch house? He said, yeah. I said, I've never seen it. And he showed it to me. It was on the roof. People were so scared after that 62 fire, they were putting these on the roof. And now you cannot have. Wood roofs have been banned. You were grandfathered in. I was part of that. But there was a lot of PTSD from that.

And now I do think there's going to have to be some lessons learned. And let's get to where some folks online are pointing to maybe not having great priorities, and maybe focusing on things that are not as important as the taxpaying citizens. A lot of tweets, I don't know how people feel about them, about DEI, about who's running the fire department, etc.

And now I do think there's going to have to be some lessons learned. And let's get to where some folks online are pointing to maybe not having great priorities, and maybe focusing on things that are not as important as the taxpaying citizens. A lot of tweets, I don't know how people feel about them, about DEI, about who's running the fire department, etc.

Did you have any thoughts on that, Friedberg?

Did you have any thoughts on that, Friedberg?

This is an important one. James Woods, obviously the famous actor, who lost his home in Pacific Palisades, has been going on a bit of a rant about Christine Crowley. She is LA's fire chief. She also happens to be a lesbian and has made a priority and done a number of talks on trying to increase diversity inside of the fire department.

This is an important one. James Woods, obviously the famous actor, who lost his home in Pacific Palisades, has been going on a bit of a rant about Christine Crowley. She is LA's fire chief. She also happens to be a lesbian and has made a priority and done a number of talks on trying to increase diversity inside of the fire department.

She also, just with a bit of research, is one of the top performing firefighters in a paramedic, an engineer, a fire inspector, a captain, a battalion chief, an assistant chief, fire marshal, deputy chief. And when she took the firefighter exam in the late 90s, she was scored in the top 50 out of 16,000. She seems eminently qualified.

She also, just with a bit of research, is one of the top performing firefighters in a paramedic, an engineer, a fire inspector, a captain, a battalion chief, an assistant chief, fire marshal, deputy chief. And when she took the firefighter exam in the late 90s, she was scored in the top 50 out of 16,000. She seems eminently qualified.

There has been a massive pile on attack on her and, you know, how it is on X and other social networks where people are really tweaked about DEI that they're kind of putting the blame on her. What are your thoughts of this DEI angle, Chamath?