Just what did Democrat leaders in Los Angeles and in Sacramento know about the collapsing fire-fighting infrastructure in Southern California — and when did they know it? A new lawsuit might threaten to expose more than a decade of willful neglect by LA mayors and California governors — if the Los Angeles Times hadn’t beaten the plaintiffs to the punch this morning.
Let’s start with the lawsuit. A reality-TV couple lead a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday against the city after losing their home in the Palisades. They claim the city’s neglect directly led to the loss of their homes, using a legal argument that will sound uncomfortably familiar to the city and state:
Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in…
