Shawn Hubler
Los Angeles Bureau Chief at The New York Times
California-Based National Correspondent for The New York Times
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nytimes.com | Shawn Hubler
Ms. Bass, who had been in Ghana on behalf of the Biden administration when the fires broke out, was among the most popular and best-known Democrats in Southern California in 2022, when she was elected. A former community organizer, legislator and member of Congress, Ms. Bass, who is Black, had deep roots in Los Angeles's Black communities and broad liberal support that transcended demographic lines. But the survey showed that her popularity had plummeted after the wildfires.
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phillytrib.com | Shawn Hubler
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is facing a mounting financial crisis, its top manager said Monday, as expected cuts in federal funding, a record $4 billion settlement for sex-abuse allegations and the destructive wildfires in January threaten Southern California’s economy. Fire-related costs are expected to approach $2 billion, Fesia Davenport, the county’s chief executive, said at a news briefing.
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nytimes.com | Shawn Hubler
"The closest thing I can think of is Covid," she told reporters, comparing the current budget woes to the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to impact the regional economy. Besides the costs of the wildfires, she said, the county also stood to lose hundreds of millions of dollars or more in federal funds from policy changes in the Trump administration.
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nytimes.com | Shawn Hubler |Ivan Penn
Southern California Edison is echoing calls from homeowners to move spark-prone electrical equipment underground. Company officials estimated the cost at more than $650 million. Southern California Edison, the electric utility whose equipment has been the focus of investigations into the deadly Eaton fire in Los Angeles County in January, said on Friday that it planned to bury more than 150 miles of power lines in fire-prone areas near Altadena and Malibu, Calif.
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gvwire.com | Shawn Hubler |Adam Nagourney
LOS ANGELES — Three months ago, Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles appointed Steve Soboroff to oversee the first phase of the huge recovery effort that confronted the city after the January wildfires. “There is no one better equipped to create our rebuilding plan,” she said at the time. Soboroff, 76, a developer and longtime civic leader, had known Bass, 71, for decades. They had worked together on initiatives from school bonds to the recovery from the Northridge earthquake.
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