Letters to the Editor: L.A. needs an independent commission to investigate its fire response
LA TimesA view of the destruction in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 18, looking toward Santa Monica. To the editor: Even though the extreme fire warnings that preceded the Palisades and Eaton fires extended from Santa Barbara to San Diego and included Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the only large-scale loss of lives and property occurred in the Los Angeles area. With this stark reality, and to minimize the potential for further, wide-scale tragedy, an independent commission of experts should be formed immediately to investigate the following: Were the winds that occurred in L.A. so much stronger and punishing as to make comparison to the outcomes in other counties meaningless? Was L.A. County more vulnerable than other areas due to factors such as unique topography, poorer brush and land management and homeless encampments near flammable areas? To the editor: If the elected and appointed officials of the Los Angeles area were corporate employees, they would be terminated.
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