‘F*ck You, New York Times’ for Smearing Fire Victims

A local mother whose neighborhood was destroyed by a Palisade fire, New York Times The Pacific Palisade residents have been smeared as “illegal rich” who exploited disasters and bought many neighbors.

The era'Ronda Kaysen I wrote it:

Its deep pockets, well-linked residents have access to electricity they barely have. They can pick up the phone and call Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, or Steven Soboroff. The concentration of wealth, coupled with frustration that the government's response to one of America's biggest catastrophes in recent history, is likely to greatly shape the future of Pallissard.

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“These are fairly wealthy families with a lot of economic and political power, so I think they can determine the conditions for their recovery,” Dr. Bethbris said.

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The city of Los Angeles is gently pushing back the already illicit rich.

Keisen also cited the so-called experts. The so-called experts said the Palisades “instruct” the conditions for reconstruction.

In response, Kaye Steinsapir posted a short YouTube video of her walk around her destroyed neighborhood, adding the caption below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkd1vlxrtdm

Thank you to @wckitchen, @fema, @lapdhq, @lafd, @sbagov and everyone else who supports our community. @nytimes. We are not “Rogue Rich.” You came to our house a few years ago. come back. I will show you the reality and introduce you to hundreds of people who have lost literally everything and are poor. Your “report” has become grossly biased and inaccurate. Thank you for reminding me to cancel my subscription.

In the video, Steinsapir pointed out that many of her neighbors were “fixed income elderly” whom she acquired into the community decades ago, and had all the savings in her home. She added:

It's so damn harmful and so outrageous that people want to pretend this isn't an issue, as they assume that the people here are wealthy. That's literally not true. New York Times Yesterday I published a very false and hurtful work. I know people who were interviewed for that work that removed the quotation from context. The person who wrote this piece clearly had an agenda when she spoke to them, and it just makes me feel sick. So, New York Times:Fuck you! What is this like?

Steinsapir pointed out that public services were unable to prevent the fire, noting the local public schools, and noting the fact that Palisades “a rather ordinary place… not a gated community.”