Recent wildfires not only brought lose and heartache to the residents of the Los Angeles area, they also scorched state, city and county politics. While the initial voting in the races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor is more than a year away memories of how politicians dealt with the fires and its aftermath will linger.

After some contentious moments in which he blamed state and federal officials over water and forest management as contributors to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, President Donald Trump on Friday told a gathering of local L.

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.