Trump rails against low-income housing in Pacific Palisades. But officials say no projects are planned
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President Trump’s foray this week into the fire rebuilding process in Pacific Palisades has been met with confusion and rolled eyes from local officials who say he’s now railing against projects that have never even been proposed.Trump said Thursday he planned to stop a low-income housing project from being developed in Pacific Palisades.His promise, made during a Cabinet meeting, marked the second time this week he has weighed in on local housing issues in the fire-scarred Palisades.“They want to build a low-income housing project right in the middle of everything in the Palisades, and I’m not going to allow it to happen,” Trump said.
“I’m not going to let these people destroy the value of their houses.”The comments left politicians around Los Angeles and California scratching their heads: what low-income housing project was the president referring to?Both Councilmember Traci Park and Mayor Karen Bass said they did not know of a major, low-income housing project coming to the Palisades.“There are no plans to bring low-income housing to the Palisades,” Bass said in a phone interview with The Times on Thursday from Washington, D.C.
“It’s not true.There couldn’t possibly be a project that neither the councilmember nor the mayor would have any knowledge of.”Trump also took aim at Bass and Gov.
Gavin Newsom on Tuesday as he announced an executive order to “preempt” the city’s permitting process to make it easier for fire victims to rebuild.The order, if implemented, would allow residents to self-certify to federal authorities instead of going through city bureaucracy for permits.Bass said Thursday that she would welcome an executive order that would bring the insurance and banking industries together to help Angelenos whose houses burned down get more significant insurance payouts and longer-term mortgages.The Governor’s Office also said they ...