Actor and longtime Los Angeles resident Zachary Levi He expressed his strong criticism as California battles devastating wildfires, urging state leaders to take responsibility and describing the situation as “very personal” for him.
“This is the most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles,” said a shocked Levy.Jesse Watters Prime TimeWednesday night. “My family is from Ventura, California. “I grew up there most of my life, then spent 15 years in Los Angeles.”
He also compared the devastating wildfires on the news to “watching a post-apocalyptic war movie.”
Levy stated why he believed it California Governor Gavin NewsomLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and state leadership must be held accountable.
“This is just incredible mismanagement, incredibly bad leadership. I would go so far as to say it's criminal negligence because, I mean, Gavin Newsom was either governor for five years or lieutenant governor before that for eight or nine years,” Levy explained. “Obviously the biggest problem we have in California is these fires and, by the way, the mudslides that follow.”
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“And to do essentially nothing, or even worse than nothing, when firefighter budgets are cut, when they intentionally do not do the work that could be done to avoid these problems or to be able to serve them effectively when they do occur.”
“There's something almost criminally intentional about this,” Levy asked. “Like, what are they doing? I don't know.”
“I have no idea why they do or don't do the things they do. But they should take responsibility. This is not good leadership,” he added.
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“Shazam!” The star also criticized Governor Gavin Newsom's “character” in reference to Notorious The French Laundromat Incident During COVID-19, Newsom was photographed dining with friends in violation of his state's protocols.
“I mean, listen, you know, this is a guy who was in the middle of the pandemic, when people were locked down to go and get together. He was at the French Laundry having dinner with his friends. What does that say about the character of this guy who did nothing to help,” Levy said. California people? “I don't think it is.'” “So I think there has to be some kind of accountability for leadership not only in California, but also in our nation, you know?”
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Levy says he considers fire insurance the “most criminal” aspect of the situation.
“I don't know if you know this, but like 70% or so of insureds in Southern California who used to have fire insurance on their homes months ago, that insurance has been taken away,” Levy stated. “The insurance company said, 'No, we're not going to offer fire insurance anymore. What do they have to do with flood insurance and fire insurance? That's fire risk. Of course, that's the insurance they need and they need it.' I want it and just months ago, this was stripped away from people. This is not acceptable in any way.
He urged people to keep Southern Californians affected by the fires in their thoughts and prayers. “We need to send as much love, light and support as we can to everyone affected right now,” Levy said.
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