By Katherine Tinsley
3:10pm PST, Feb 17, 2025
According to Carolla, the city made "zero attempts at cleaning" the rubble.
"It was some of the most expensive real estate in the world," Carolla said about some of the cities, including Malibu and the Pacific Palisades. "And it is gone baby gone."
The podcast host highlighted how heartbreaking the natural disaster was.
"It is buildings that are untouched, and then just total devastation," he said.
"Everything down PCH is just gone… some stuff is just untouched, and then it's gone again," he continued.
As Carolla continues to share updates about the city, he's one of the many Angelenos grappling with the loss.
"The back hill of my house was burned down, everything in front of my house is burned down," Carolla said while discussing his Malibu property.
The comedian was fuming over the remaining wreckage.
"It's been over a month, there's zero cleanup," Carolla noted.
"You saw it, nothing but rubble, zero attempts at cleaning… there is no official (government) website you can go to for any kind of timeline about when the power's going to be on," he continued. "There's just nothing."
Carolla, like many Californians, has been displaced by the tragedy.
"So, the answer when people go, 'When can you get back to your place?', the answer is no godd—- idea," he admitted.
Mayor Karen Bass has been criticized for her efforts, but she pledged her commitment to rehabilitating the region in a new interview.
"I am focused on one thing and one thing only, and that is to make sure that our city is able to recover and rebuild, and that all of those individuals that lived in the Palisades can go home," Bass told NBC Los Angeles.
