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Gavin Newsom organizing 'Marshall Plan' to 'reimagine LA 2.0'
2025-01-15
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] As wildfires continue burn the Los Angeles area, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Governor Gavin Governor Hair Gel Newsom
...mayor of San Franciscoas it transformed itself into Poopville, currently governor of Californiaas it transforms itself into Cinderland...
said that he has a team intended "looking and reimagining LA 2.0" and that he is "organizing a Marshall Plan."
Lots more population-dense Brutalist apartment blocks and public transportation for the peasantry, significantly fewer expensive little single family houses on their own little lots endlessly filling up the landscape? Or possibly I’ve just become cynical…
In a Saturday interview with NBC News, Newsom was asked about the forthcoming national and international events the city will be hosting in upcoming years, such as the 2028 Summer Olympics, and how the city will be able to recover by then.

Newsom said that these events are an "opportunity" for California and the US to "shine," and "that's why we're already organizing a Marshall Plan, we already have a team looking and reimagining LA 2.0 and we are making sure everyone's included, not just the folks on the coast, people here that were ravaged by this disaster."

Newsom was pressed to explain his "Marshall Plan," to which he said, "We're still fighting these fires, so, we're already talking to city leaders, we're already talking to civic leaders, we're already talking to business leaders and nonprofits, we're talking to labor leaders."

"We're starting to organize how we can put together a collection of individuals on philanthropy for recovery, how we can organize the region, how we can make sure that we are seeking federal assistance for the Olympics more broadly, but also federal assistance for the recovery efforts and how we can galvanize the community with folks that love this community to really develop a mindset so that at scale, we're dealing with the scope of this tragedy and responding to it at scale with efficiency like the executive order I talked about, time value of delivering projects, addressing building codes, addressing permitting issues, and moving forward to rebuilding and being more resilient.
"Hummana Hummana"
The Marshall Plan, officially known as the Economic Cooperation Act and named after then-Secretary of State George C. Marshall, was passed in the wake of World War II and approved funding to help rebuild Western Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
in the wake of the war.

Newsom on Monday expanded the special California Legislature session that was convened in November in response to Trump's election victory to include proposed funding for wildfire recovery efforts in Los Angeles. Newsom has proposed that California provide at least $2.5 billion in additional funding.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Translation: "Please give me money from all the other states to rebuild SoCal, key city in a state that has been devastated by decades of demokrat utter mis-management of the basic obligations of governance. We haven't upgraded critical infrastructure in decades, haven't built a dam since 1979, have let crime run rampant, cheapened the public educational system into a propaganda indoctrination complex, have spent all the reserves on silly, voter virtue signaling ideas, ignore real science for hype, have driven much of the competant middle-class out of the state, and believe image is more powerful than results. So be a hero President Trump, bail my sorry assed state out and take me off the hook".
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2025-01-15 19:41  

#12  Could always dismantle their choo choo project and sell the materials for pennies on the dollar.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-15 15:02  

#11  Why would anyone give Federal funds to California after they laundered all the high-speed rail funds into corrupt pockets?
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-01-15 14:56  

#10  Much easier to sit around planning than to actually construct something. Lots of opportunity for consulting dollars without all the capital investment construction requires.

Yes, you can bet there will be plenty of graft and precious little else.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-01-15 13:17  

#9  Sounds like the same kind of pipe dream as his high speed rail. I'm afraid Dipity-Do lost contact with reality a long time ago. Otherwise, reality wouldn't have just bitten him in the ass.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-01-15 13:02  

#8  ....wasn't part of The Marshall Plan getting rid of the socialists and commies?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-01-15 12:11  

#7  Does PlumpJack Wines have priority access to CA water?

VERY good question, 3dc.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2025-01-15 11:39  

#6  ^ Big Gretch is a Plastic Authoritarian. I welcome her candidacy
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-15 10:58  

#5  Reimagine LA vs Rebuild LA? Words matter. Much easier to sit around planning than to actually construct something. Lots of opportunity for consulting dollars without all the capital investment construction requires.

Question from the audience: Will the Train to Nowhere be part of that vision?

As for Democratic presidential aspirations, Newsome vs The Fires just clenched it for Gretchen Whitmer. Sorry, Gavin. Besides, she identifies as both a Vagino-American and a woman.
Posted by: SteveS   2025-01-15 10:52  

#4  Does PlumpJack Wines have priority access to CA water?
Posted by: 3dc   2025-01-15 10:42  

#3  Gotta get ready for the 2028 LA Ash-lympics!
(This was supposed to be Gavin's run up to being elected prez. I don't think so.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2025-01-15 09:10  

#2  The Marshall Plan was funded by the national government to rebuild Europe's industrial structure which, btw, a large part our national government spent to destroy. Seems that a lot of non-industrial structure went up in smoke there Governor.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-15 08:36  

#1  Gavin Newsom's shocking lies about going to rehab after he was caught in affair with best friend's wife
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-15 06:31  

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