"This is about pride," Newsom said at a news conference with Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. "It's about government getting things done."
The crisis provided Newsom a chance to bat down criticism of being overly enchanted by the national political stage as he raced to fix a high-profile California problem, but the fire could present a political vulnerability for the governor if it turns out that stronger state oversight could have prevented the blaze.
Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency later that evening and the next day held his first of several news conferences in Los Angeles.
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