These warnings came before the fires
Council Member Klitzke says she raised evacuation concerns before the fires. She says they were lucky no one died.
“We're in a really bad place, and I got in trouble my first year on council for saying these exact same things to this committee. So I was describing conditions as they exist. I wasn't making crazy speculations. It happened, and we're lucky no one died.”
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Talking about the South Hill, and doing the same thing. Yeah.
We're in a really bad place, and I got in trouble my first year on council for saying these exact same things to this committee. So I was describing conditions as they exist. I wasn't making crazy speculations. It happened, and we're lucky no one died. It seems like room for potentially an additional policy or two or three.