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Red Mountain

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27. This is exactly the kind of talk
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 01:49 PM
Jan 2025

the right wingers pretended was happening in the mountains after Helene.

It wasn't real but it got a lot of people riled up.



That said, if somebody who is burned out decides they have to sell it might be a good thing to make sure the land passes from private to public ownership.

It would be expensive but an opportunity to rethink some of these communities.

If that's what they want to do. It has to be a local decision.

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Los Angeles County California needs to Scale up Goat and Sheep Herders with lots of Goats and Sheep Oneear Jan 2025 #1
LA county can be the new wool and cheese center of the US haele Jan 2025 #24
There are companies planning to monetize already. Srkdqltr Jan 2025 #2
The Tr**p Malibu Resort & Hotel......nt global1 Jan 2025 #8
That will continually... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #23
Do the people who currently live there have any say? MichMan Jan 2025 #3
Yes, normally through the zoning process. Raven Jan 2025 #12
No, but those who post here do. Sneederbunk Jan 2025 #37
How about we wait to see what the actual owners of the land want to do DetroitLegalBeagle Jan 2025 #4
🤔 ItsjustMe Jan 2025 #5
Under what legal theory would that land be yours to decide? nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2025 #6
I believe the city could take the Malibu land and compensate the owners for it. The city, through its Raven Jan 2025 #9
Nothing like SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2025 #10
I'm talking about the very wealthy properties along Malibu beach. That land should never have been Raven Jan 2025 #14
Yes, I know what you're talking about SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2025 #15
Have you read Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine malaise Jan 2025 #16
This! Raven Jan 2025 #19
happens all the time to poor people. Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #30
Example? SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2025 #38
Just about every city in this country. Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #40
With what money, exactly? They can't even fund their own fire services. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2025 #13
You sound like we should just give up and walk away. You can be sure that the likes of Trump and Musk are Raven Jan 2025 #17
No, we should let the people who own the land decide. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2025 #18
It's not that simple when we're talking about land that is subject to intolerable risk to life from natural hazards. meadowlander Jan 2025 #25
State of CA is running a surplus again. Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #31
Is there a way to build which can prevent this type of damage JI7 Jan 2025 #7
yes of course: build in places that are not prone to wildfires. nt. Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #32
Maybe they could have fire breaks crud Jan 2025 #11
All ocean beaches are public in California Lulu KC Jan 2025 #20
thanks for clarifying this crud Jan 2025 #21
The rich shits routinely make it difficult to get access. nt. Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #33
Make owners deed the property to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservacy as a condition of accepting Government aid DBoon Jan 2025 #22
Agree. Raven Jan 2025 #28
What about the Altadena neighborhood? Bobstandard Jan 2025 #29
Fireproof roofs made out of materials that won't kill you over time. Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #26
This is exactly the kind of talk Red Mountain Jan 2025 #27
I think I don't own any property in that area. MineralMan Jan 2025 #34
That's up JustAnotherGen Jan 2025 #35
Those who can should take KT2000 Jan 2025 #36
LA County and especially the Pacific Pallisades DeepWinter Jan 2025 #39
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