Trump En Route to LA to Visit Fire-Ravaged Pacific Palisades - MyNewsLA.com

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : " Speaking in Los Angeles Thursday, however, Newsom said he is grateful that Trump plans to visit the region and the governor hoped to meet with the commander-in-chief with a spirit of cooperation.
86% : The governor, who has frequently clashed with Trump on a host of political fronts, said he hopes Trump will come to Los Angeles "with the spirit of cooperation and collaboration." "That's the spirit (with) which we welcome him.
80% : " Bass said she hopes Trump "will be very supportive" of the city's partnership with federal agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which are both involved in debris clearance and recovery efforts from the area's deadly wildfires.
72% : Asked earlier this week what she plans to say to Trump, Bass said, "I'll say, 'Welcome to Los Angeles.'
61% : "So I want two things -- I want Voter ID for the people of California, and they all want it.
52% : Newsom indicated he planned to meet Trump on the tarmac at LAX when he lands.
51% : Voter ID so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state," he said.
49% : Right now you don't have Voter ID.
48% : " After he landed at Asheville Airport in North Carolina, Trump was asked what he wants to see from California leaders as he considered continued federal recovery funding.
47% : "I don't think we should give California anything until they let the water run down," Trump told Fox News this week, again hinting that he would withhold federal aid from the state absent major changes in policy.
47% : After landing at LAX, Trump and the first lady are scheduled to take a tour of a fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood around 3:30 p.m., accompanied by officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department and three homeowners affected by the fire.
42% : Speaking to reporters Friday morning at the White House before departing for hurricane-ravaged parts of North Carolina, then on to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Trump again repeated his assertions that California is somehow diverting water away from the L.A. area, hampering the firefighting effort.
39% : Trump said he was going to "take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow
39% : But I just want Voter ID as a start and I want the water to be released, and they're going to get a lot of help from the U.S." Trump has repeatedly insisted without explanation that he believes the state's diversion of water to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California contributed to water-shortage issues faced by firefighters battling the Palisades Fire.
20% : Trump also said FEMA needs to be overhauled, suggesting he would "rather see states take care of their own problems.

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