Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sparred over California. presidential order Unless there are predatory real estate offers during the recent wildfires.
“Today, I am signing an executive order that will prohibit greedy land developers from robbing victims of the Los Angeles wildfires by making unsolicited, undervalued offers to buy their destroyed land. I signed it,” Newsom said. mentioned in the post Social Platform X Tuesday. “Make no mistake about it, this is a crime that should be prosecuted.”
The executive order includes measures such as a three-month ban on “unsolicited offers to property owners” in many ZIP codes affected by the wildfires. It also prohibits people in the Los Angeles area from “purchasing or taking anything not requested by the property owner.” “Interest in real property or interest in real property in an amount that is less than the fair market value of the property before the fire occurred.”
Cruz criticized Newsom's order in a post on X, saying it only “hurts the victims” of the devastating fires.
“CA's misguided policies have (1) limited fire mitigation efforts, (2) created water shortages, and (3) underfunded firefighters,” Cruz said. replied on Wednesday Comments on Newsom's previous post on X. “Now Democratic politicians are making it even harder for people affected by wildfires to sell their destroyed property.”
“This only hurts the victims,” Cruz added.
Just hours after Cruz's response, Newsom fired back at the Texas Republican via X.
“Giving shillings publicly to fraudsters and land speculators is a strange game – even for you, Ted.” The Californian the governor said. “Our executive order does not prevent anyone from selling their property. It prohibits scammers from making unsolicited offers to buy property for $1. .”
Newsom also faces attacks from President-elect Donald Trump over recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area that resulted in numerous deaths and mass destruction.
“One of the greatest and most beautiful places in the United States of America is burning down,” President Trump posted on Truth Social last week. “It's gone to ashes, Gavin Newscome should resign. This is all his fault!!!”
The Hill has reached out to Cruz's office for comment.
