(13 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 13 January 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Adam Schiff, (D) California:
"I’ve been visiting the different shelters to help in any way I can hand out food during lunch or dinner, but also to get a sense of what’s going on, what the needs are, whether they need any resources they’re not getting, which places have a FEMA presence or an SBA presence. And I’m just so grateful for the incredible volunteerism and support effort. I think it’s been extraordinary. We’re working hard to bring all the federal resources back to California that we can. The Biden administration has been phenomenal. But the need is intense and it’s going to go on for some time."
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2. Various of evacuation center
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Adam Schiff, (D) California:
"We’re going to make sure that the FAIR plan and those in it get the help that’s guaranteed under that program. We’ll do whatever is necessary. We’re going to also have to address the broader insurance crisis that has forced people into the FAIR plan. This is something I’ve been working on for years over the opposition of the insurance industry. The insurance industry remains very profitable, but we can expect to see more major climate disasters and we need to figure out the insurance piece along with everything else."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Malibu, California – 9 January 2025
4. Various of firefighters putting out fire
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 13 January 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Adam Schiff, (D) California – on concerns about the Trump administration:
"We’ve seen disasters in every part of the country of different kinds, earthquakes and floods and fire and hurricanes. I have never once asked or even considered, is this a blue state or red state, a blue community, a red one. It’s never mattered to me. These are all Americans. I would hope that’s the approach the incoming administration uses. I’m certainly going to be fighting to bring more help back to California."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Adam Schiff, (D) California:
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"I’ve been urging that we establish an independent commission to look at both the preparedness and the response. What we did well, what we didn’t do well. We’re also going to have to, I hope, as a part of that, look at the broader picture. Mega fires may become more routine, tragically. And what does that mean in terms of our resiliency, our urban planning, our preparedness? Are we going to have to think very differently now about climate disasters? So some big questions that we’re going to need to answer. But right now, the focus needs to be on putting these fires out."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Altadena, California – 8 January 2025
7. Various of fires
STORYLINE:
A large portion of southwest California spanning eight counties around Los Angeles is under a red flag warning for extreme fire danger through Wednesday.
Certain areas of LA and Ventura counties, including valleys, foothills and mountains throughout the Santa Monica and Santa Susana ranges, were in what the National Weather Service calls a “particularly dangerous situation.”
While touring an evacuation center in Los Angeles near the Palisades Fire, Sen. Adam Schiff said there are some "big questions" about firefighting and climate change that officials will need to answer. "But right now, the focus needs to be on putting these fires out," he said.
The Palisades and Eaton fires are burning on the southern side of that area, and hurricane-force winds are forecast to return on Tuesday.
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