Los Angeles fires spark 'smart city' conspiracy theories
As a string of wildfires hit Los Angeles County, social media users spread claims that authorities purposefully set the blazes to encourage the development of so-called "smart cities." While America's ...
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Posts falsely claim California wildfires were planned to remake Los Angeles ahead of 2028 Olympics
As of Jan. 13, the wildfires hadn’t damaged any of the more than 80 venues designated for the 2028 Olympics. The venues listed on the LA28 website are not in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood or ...
Los Angeles rising: how the city and the industry will rebuild
The Pacific Palisades had a “flavor,” as broker Anthony Marguleas remembers it. The residential neighborhood on the Westside ...
Newsom’s LA Rises Initiative Not Just About Rebuilding Los Angeles, But City’s Rebirth & Path Forward For “The Next 50 Or 100 Years”
The post-wildfire public-private partnership includes at least $100M of private capital and will shape "what L.A. is going to ...
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Los Angeles fires spark 'smart city' conspiracy theories
Other users conflate smart cities with "15-minute cities ... The SmartLA 2028 plan also only applies to the City of Los Angeles and does not outline a scheme for the rest of the county, which ...
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Los Angeles fires spark 'smart city' conspiracy theories
The posts are the latest describing conspiracy theories linking natural disasters to smart city plans that frequently crop up in the United States and Canada. Several wildfires near Los Angeles ...