To the editor: L.A. County Public Works chief Mark Pestrella makes an attempt to deflect the failures of his workplace onto town of Malibu, saying county water initiatives have failed to maneuver ahead as a result of town doesn’t need them, and charging that town has at instances used inadequate water entry as an excuse to limit new development. (“Officials were warned of failing water system before Palisades fire. Fixes never happened,” Jan. 24)
I used to be intimately concerned in Malibu metropolis authorities from 1994 to 2024 as both mayor, metropolis council member or planning commissioner. No sane particular person would accuse town of being pro-development, however the metropolis by no means discouraged the county from growing water infrastructure and by no means restricted new growth primarily based on water entry.
The company that did typically impose water-based restrictions was the L.A. County Fireplace Division, an company that town authorities is powerless to manage and even affect.
Jeffrey D. Jennings, Malibu
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To the editor: In fact, issues that occur may have been averted if this or that was achieved. We name that type of rearview pondering “Monday morning quarterbacking.”
A delicate message in your article on water fixes that had been delayed or by no means occurred is that the fires had been somebody’s fault due to a scarcity of planning.
A lot of the dialogue is about budgeting. Oh, if we solely all had as a lot cash as we have to plan for any potential downside, then we’d be all set!
Dan Hennessy, Arcadia
