Overview
- At a Cabinet meeting, President Trump directed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to prevent federal financing for a low-income housing project he said was planned in the Palisades.
- The White House recently issued an executive order to speed rebuilding by allowing federal self-certification and by bypassing what it labeled unnecessary local permitting requirements.
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Traci Park said they are unaware of any proposed low-income housing project in the Palisades, and the administration did not identify a specific project.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Bass criticized the federal approach and pressed for the release of nearly $34 billion in disaster aid, arguing the main obstacle to rebuilding is funding rather than permits.
- Trump repeated a disputed claim about water management and the fires, which killed 12 people and destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, including about 6,000 single-family homes.