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As you say, people are unlikely to pay mortgages on burned-down homes. That means, setting aside the important question of whether these fires were set deliberately, the outcome - just like in Hawaii, and after Hurricane Helen in North Carolina - is going to be the same: a massive land grab by the power elite.

If you don't pay your taxes - which are due quite soon, incidentally - what happens? The state seizes the property. Gavin and his buddies are about to take possession of vast swathes of the most valuable real estate in the country.

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Hopefully a midwest army will be crossing the Rockies when that happens.

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Amen to that.

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A midwest army? What do you mean by this?

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Cankerpuss

The CW2 every one is talking about? Gavin is going to be lucky to survive this debacle. He represents Northern California more than SoCal. When the smoke clears, could it be that California finally splits into 2 parts or even 3. Gavin is political history, it will be interesting who goes down with him. Hmmm, where is Pelosi?

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She's getting her forehead stretched even more.

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Another clone. I come from the beauty industry and I don’t believe that’s real skin. 🕵🏻‍♀️

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Well if SoCal gets left with NewScum then I am moving to NoCal

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https://www.newcaliforniastate.com/

Paul Preston was tireless in his efforts to move California forward.

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And the evidence of all Diddy$ friends is unavailable.

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It's surprising how often evidence in high-profile cases is destroyed by large-scale disasters.

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Yet another thing I hadn't thought of.

David McGowan smiles upon you from heaven.

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McGowan stumbled on the deep state involvement in the Laurel Canyon love fest which was anything but organic. Brilliant research!

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His work on the Boston Marathon "bombing" is also beyond stellar. And of course, the moon landing.

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Bingo! Black Rock and the uber elite will now own all of this land that at one time was owned by upper middle class people. Not anymore.

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AS I said up thread, Musk could buy it all.

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Takes a little longer. There is period of time - year(s) at least, before they can foreclose on a delinquent tax lien. A property tax lien does take first priority - or first position - over all other encumbrances.

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That’s a great point. Let’s see how long it takes for them to propose emergency measures that drastically accelerate the process.

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You are correct, sir. All kinds of emergency powers are bestowed upon our betters, once emergency declarations are in effect - that they've conveniently declared. Of course, all these emergency powers are codified in times of calm - usually in the middle of the night, so they go unnoticed. Vis-a-vis the "Patriot" Act.

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Most lenders will require a homeowner to carry enough insurance to rebuild their home. With the rising home prices, there should be very few homeowners who are "upside down", as was the case during the housing crisis of 2007-8 when prices were falling and many homeowners turned in their keys.

That said, the CA regulators could make it difficult for homeowners to rebuild, forcing them off their property, supporting the "land grab" theory.

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That's true, except that, as actor James Woods pointed out, insurers have been cancelling policies, leaving homeowners high and dry. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14278653/LA-fires-insurance-crisis-anger-homeowners.html

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Even SouthPark predicted it. Tim Sheehy wrote a book a few years ago about this that our entire nation is not equipped for forest fire. He is an ex navy seal veteran and now runs a company that does air strikes on forest fires. Oh he recently did a Shawn Ryan podcast about LA 4 days ago. He says this is a national story. There is no such thing as fire season. It’s worth watching. He is very careful with his words, but his book says way more.

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