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OPINION (NATIONAL REVIEW) – Last Saturday, an early-morning blaze near a Los Angeles homeless encampment quickly engulfed the I-10 freeway. It burned with such intensity that it closed one of the nation’s busiest interstates, the primary route linking the sprawling city’s Eastside with its more famous beaches.
The fire has also threatened the already dicey reputations of two of California’s most prominent officials.
It took 150 firefighters eight hours to knock down the fire, even with assistance from a helicopter typically reserved for sprawling wildfires.
In a press conference held mere hours after the fire began, Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said the I-10 would be closed “indefinitely.” Yesterday, in a new statement, they said it will reopen before Thanksgiving. I’ll believe it when I see it. Either way, the pair are surely hoping for a vindication of government action. In a press conference earlier this week, Mayor Bass referenced a past, similar incident. Then as now, government officials illuminate the path forward. From disaster will come the apportioning of guilt and then prosperity. In yesterday’s statement, Newsom was eager to credit “federal and local partners” for their excellent work. Newsom is, of course, overstating the record of California government. But Bass’s Orwellian historical revisionism ought to concern us more.
