An aerial image shows vehicles driving on a freeway as the sun sets behind smoke from wildfires including the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, on January 8, 2025. AFP via Getty Images

Eleven months after the Palisades Fire destroyed thousands of Los Angeles homes , we may finally have the smoking gun linking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to the deadly blaze.

A newly discovered “Wildfire Management Plan,” quietly issued by California State Parks just weeks before the Jan. 7 wildfire, states Newsom’s policy bluntly: “Unless specified otherwise, State Parks prefers to let Topanga State Park burn in a wildfire event” — disregarding the park’s proximity to residential neighborhoods.

The document, prepared in December 2024, was unearthed this week through le

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