Actual property mogul Mauricio Umansky says California must work with the federal authorities to assist Los Angeles rebuild.
Actual property mogul Mauricio Umansky stated officers in California must work with the federal authorities with the intention to assist individuals in areas devastated by wildfires rebuild, and that this isn’t the time to struggle with President Trump.
“This is the time to put politics aside and get Los Angeles rebuilt,” Umansky instructed FOX Enterprise. “This is not the time for our state government to be political and . . . start being against Trump.”
Umansky’s luxurious actual property firm, The Company, represents a portfolio of properties and properties on the market world wide. Nevertheless, a lot of its shoppers are throughout the areas hardest hit by the wildfires that ignited earlier this month throughout Los Angeles County.
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Umansky stated the scenario is dire for households who’ve misplaced every little thing.
His brokers, a few of whom have misplaced their very own properties, have been working across the clock to seek out everybody a spot to go. But it surely’s been removed from straightforward.
“One of the most difficult things is that there’s 10 applicants for every one house, and so nine get rejected,” he stated. “When you think about that, and these are all people who lost their homes, so . . . their depression is insane.”
An aerial view of the solar rising past properties which burned within the Eaton Hearth on Jan. 21, 2025, in Altadena, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Umansky stated individuals are relocating across the metropolis, and that a lot of them wish to keep near residence. Nevertheless, there are a slew of others who’re going up north or leaving the state.
“We’ve displaced thousands and thousands of people. And so it’s going to be very difficult,” he stated.
Umansky stated it is nonetheless too early to grasp what issues will seem like in regard to how individuals are going to rebuild, however he is aware of governments on the state and federal ranges are going to wish to work collectively to do it.
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“We’re looking for answers. I don’t think that the government has done a good-enough job alerting people in terms of what things are going to look like,” he stated, including that residents are nonetheless struggling to grasp how they’ll get insurance coverage.
Firefighters have been battling harmful Southern California blazes for weeks, and extra hold igniting.
They should get their egos apart, the politics apart,” he said. “We’ll want federal cash. We’ll want state cash.
– Mauricio Umansky
The Hughes Hearth, which was first reported on Wednesday morning, was situated within the unincorporated neighborhood of Castaic in northwestern Los Angeles County. It rapidly unfold as a result of aggressive winds which have plagued firefighting efforts.
An aerial view of properties which burned within the Eaton Hearth on Jan. 19, 2025, in Altadena, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Pictures) / Getty Pictures)
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Flames from the Hughes Hearth burn a hillside in Castaic, a northwestern a part of Los Angeles County, California, on January 22, 2025. (Robyn Beck/AFP by way of Getty Pictures) / Getty Pictures)
“They need to get their egos aside, the politics aside,” he stated. “We’re going to need federal money. We’re going to need state money.”
The state should not struggle Trump, he stated.
“When I say not fight him, I mean . . . he’s going to have ideas. We’re going to need the federal government’s help. Like, there’s no question about that,” he stated.
