Mauricio Umansky: ‘Put politics aside and get Los Angeles rebuilt’
Real estate mogul Mauricio Umansky says California should work with the federal government to help rebuild Los Angeles.
Real Estate Mogul Mauricio Umansky According to California officials, they need to work with the federal government to help people in the areas devastated by the fires rebuild and that this is not the time to fight with the president.
“This is the time to put politics aside and rebuild Los Angeles,” Umansky told Fox Business. “This is not the time for our state government to be political and … start fighting back.”
Umansky’s Luxury Real Envee Company, an agency that represents a portfolio of homes for sale around the world, has many of its clients in the areas hardest hit by the fires that ravaged the Los Angeles area earlier this month.
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Umansky said the situation is dire families who have lost everythingA series
His agents, some of whom had lost their homes, worked around the clock to find a place to find them all, but it was far from easy.
“One of the hardest things is that for every house there are 10 applicants and nine are turned down,” he said. “When you think about it, and these are all people who lost their homes, so… Their depression is insane.”
An aerial view of the sun rising beyond the houses that burned in the EATON FIRE on January 21 in Altadena, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Umansky said people are moving in the city, and many of them want to stay close to home, but at the same time, there are those who are moving north or leaving the state.
“We displaced thousands and thousands of people. And so it will be very difficult,” he said.
Umansky said it’s too early to tell what that will look like, how people are going to rebuild, but he knows governments have to work.
“We are looking for answers. I don’t think the government has done a good job of raising the alarm about what to look like,” he said, adding that residents are still struggling. How are they going to get insurance?
Firefighters have been battling devastating southern California blazes for weeks, and more blazes to come.
They’ve got to put their egos aside, put politics aside,” he said. “We’re going to need federal money. We’re going to need state money.
It is Hughes Fire, First reported Wednesday morning in the undeveloped community of Calatsia in northwest Los Angeles, it spread quickly due to aggressive winds that plagued firefighting efforts.
Aerial view of Euphora homes in Altadena, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Since the fires started on Jan. 7, California Gov. Gavin Gov. Gavin News and Trump have been at odds. NEWSOM has been sharply critical of the state’s response to the Los Angeles fires.
President Donald Trump welcomes California Gov. Gavin Gov. (Reuters/Leah Millis/Reuters)
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NEWSOM also condemned Trump’s criticism, telling NBC News on “Meet the Press” earlier this month that “misinformation and misinformation are not helping any of us.” Meanwhile, Trump, a longtime critic of California’s government, recently came out went so far as to say that California could not receive federal aid unless it changed certain policies.
The Hughes Fire burns through a hillside in northwest Los Angeles County, California on January 22, 2025. (Robyn Beck / AFP Via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Although NEWSOM has signed an aid package that provides $2.5 billion for recovery efforts as fires continue to sweep through parts of Southern California, Umansky also has “no question.”
“They’ve got to put their egos aside,” he said. “We’re going to need federal money. We’re going to need state money.”
He said the state shouldn’t fight Trump.
“When I say to him, I mean … He’s going to have ideas. We have to have the help of the federal government,” he said.
Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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