Blame Democratic Party incompetence for Palisades destruction - Washington Examiner

The Santa Ynez Reservoir , built to protect Pacific Palisades from Santa Ana winds, was bone dry when the fire began on Jan. 7 .

Ruben Navarrette : Why it lay empty as firefighters ran out of water is indictment of federal overregulation and slavish Democratic adherence to bureaucratic processes that defy reason and common sense.

He says a Democratic president signed a law that made it needlessly more expensive and difficult to maintain that defense.