Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, President Trump's special mission, Richard Grenell, and other federal and state officials have taken to Los Angeles Mayor on a visit to Pallisard to assess fire recovery and debris removal. Joined Karen Bass (D).
The EPA removes hazardous materials from the area as part of the debris removal process. According to Bass' office, the trio is during Jana Garcia's Thursday visit by California Environmental Protection Agency Commissioner Jana Garcia, Major General Jason E. Kelly and Bob Fenton, Regional Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I joined.
“We are grateful for the support of our federal partners as we work urgently to rebuild Pallisad,” Bass said in a statement. “The EPA is working to complete phase 1 of the debris removal process, but the city is working to encourage approval of the process and cutting red tape, allowing it to be rebuilt as quickly as possible. We'll get through this together.”
The fatal and destructive fire destroyed the Los Angeles area last month, burning tens of thousands of acres and driving away thousands of residents.
The Palisade and Eton fires, two of the area's biggest fires, were completely contained last Friday, according to local officials. The Palisade fire burned over 23,000 acres, killing at least 12 people, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office. At this point, the total death toll is 29.
Zeldin, a former House member who represented New York's First Congressional District, was I swear Over a week ago as the head of the EPA. Grenell, who served as acting director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, visited Venezuela last week to speak with the country's leader, Nicolas Maduro. Six Americans were released after the meeting.
“We took the wheels and went home with these six American citizens. They just spoke to @RealdonaldTrump and couldn't stop thanking him,” Grenell said last week. I wrote it in X.
On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (d) met with Trump in Washington. The duo, who exchanged in the final weeks of the state's response to California's flames, are not opposed to supplementary aid to Golden State.
Separately, former Vice President Harris on Thursday Toured Westwoodone of the regions destroyed by the fire of the Palisades. She toured Altadena in January after officially resigning.
