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Peter Hamby

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The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

Like around my neighborhood and not in every neighborhood. It just depends where it falls. And that stuff is very, very much unhealthy. So, yeah, I mean, I think it's it's devastating. The flip side of all this is we all know people who are affected. The other thing that happens in Los Angeles and. By the way, this is the source of the property tax revolt back in the 70s.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

It's not just wealthy people in the Palisades, for instance, who are affected by this. A lot of people in Southern California – and this was true down in – I was texting about this when Trump went down to Palos Verdes during the campaign. There are a lot of middle-class people there. who bought houses in the 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s, whatever.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

It's not just wealthy people in the Palisades, for instance, who are affected by this. A lot of people in Southern California – and this was true down in – I was texting about this when Trump went down to Palos Verdes during the campaign. There are a lot of middle-class people there. who bought houses in the 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s, whatever.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

It's not just wealthy people in the Palisades, for instance, who are affected by this. A lot of people in Southern California – and this was true down in – I was texting about this when Trump went down to Palos Verdes during the campaign. There are a lot of middle-class people there. who bought houses in the 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s, whatever.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And the property values have created a lot of wealth for them because it's such a desirable place to live, Southern California. And so you see people who have lost their homes who are rich and famous, some not so famous, some people that used to be famous. But then there's people who just lived in their house for many generations and their entire wealth is tied up in that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And the property values have created a lot of wealth for them because it's such a desirable place to live, Southern California. And so you see people who have lost their homes who are rich and famous, some not so famous, some people that used to be famous. But then there's people who just lived in their house for many generations and their entire wealth is tied up in that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And the property values have created a lot of wealth for them because it's such a desirable place to live, Southern California. And so you see people who have lost their homes who are rich and famous, some not so famous, some people that used to be famous. But then there's people who just lived in their house for many generations and their entire wealth is tied up in that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And then you've got people who lost their houses and they own them and they still have to keep paying the mortgage on a house that doesn't exist. Like there's some crazy shit going on.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And then you've got people who lost their houses and they own them and they still have to keep paying the mortgage on a house that doesn't exist. Like there's some crazy shit going on.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And then you've got people who lost their houses and they own them and they still have to keep paying the mortgage on a house that doesn't exist. Like there's some crazy shit going on.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And I wrote about this for Puck and it's, you know, I wrote about Karen Bass, obviously, and we'll talk about that, but there's just so much I've learned living out here, like the political fights around real estate and insurance and zoning and coastal commissions and, They get really, really intense and personal and angry because property here is everything and it always has been.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And I wrote about this for Puck and it's, you know, I wrote about Karen Bass, obviously, and we'll talk about that, but there's just so much I've learned living out here, like the political fights around real estate and insurance and zoning and coastal commissions and, They get really, really intense and personal and angry because property here is everything and it always has been.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And I wrote about this for Puck and it's, you know, I wrote about Karen Bass, obviously, and we'll talk about that, but there's just so much I've learned living out here, like the political fights around real estate and insurance and zoning and coastal commissions and, They get really, really intense and personal and angry because property here is everything and it always has been.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And it always has been when it comes to rich white people taking water and golf clubs and redlining. It's just property and real estate in Los Angeles defines its politics.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And it always has been when it comes to rich white people taking water and golf clubs and redlining. It's just property and real estate in Los Angeles defines its politics.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

And it always has been when it comes to rich white people taking water and golf clubs and redlining. It's just property and real estate in Los Angeles defines its politics.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

So I saw somebody, uh, reference the amount that has burned so far is like four times the size of Manhattan. Wow. So, you know, not the population, obviously, but in the context of Palisades or Altadena, like just imagine if like in Washington, like Georgetown just burned up overnight and disappeared like the neighborhood just gone, like gone, gone, gone, gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

So I saw somebody, uh, reference the amount that has burned so far is like four times the size of Manhattan. Wow. So, you know, not the population, obviously, but in the context of Palisades or Altadena, like just imagine if like in Washington, like Georgetown just burned up overnight and disappeared like the neighborhood just gone, like gone, gone, gone, gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

So I saw somebody, uh, reference the amount that has burned so far is like four times the size of Manhattan. Wow. So, you know, not the population, obviously, but in the context of Palisades or Altadena, like just imagine if like in Washington, like Georgetown just burned up overnight and disappeared like the neighborhood just gone, like gone, gone, gone, gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm

Like what would that mean to the rest of, of, of the city, you know? And then how, how, sorrowful would you be about all the history that was lost? Or Altadena is literally the same example. And we should mention too, it's not just structures. I was watching this sort of daily briefing this morning with all the local officials here, and there are many. The death toll is going to keep rising.