Brianna Sacks
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I cover climate change-fueled disasters for the @washingtonpost. And I love to run stupid far.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2011
A must read story about @fema Acting Administrator David Richardson by @bri_sacks
SCOOP via @bri_sacks After Texas flooded, staff say @fema Acting Administrator David Richardson could not be reached for a period of 24 hours. It's part of a pattern of inaccessibility with broader implications, say current and former agency officials
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As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached. via @bri_sacks
https://t.co/k031RY8XJP
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.
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During first 24 hours of deadly flash flooding in Texas, FEMA’s top leader could not be reached, officials say @bri_sacks
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.
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SCOOP via @bri_sacks After Texas flooded, staff say @fema Acting Administrator David Richardson could not be reached for a period of 24 hours. It's part of a pattern of inaccessibility with broader implications, say current and former agency officials
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.
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DHS is now requiring states and the disaster nonprofits they work with to not serve undocumented immigrants as part of its terms for federal funds Recipients must also comply w/ enforcement operations and allow immigration officers to interview people
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Disaster aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.
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SCOOP, from @bri_sacks The Trump administration has placed several FEMA employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership Monday.
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About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.
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FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter via @bri_sacks
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About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.
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"About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter...arguing the current leaders’ inexperience and approach harms FEMA’s mission and could result in a disaster... By Tuesday evening...they were on an administrative leave" https://t.co/YnlUigEo9M
@bri_sacks
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About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.
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Just sharing the second @fema scoop from @bri_sacks within the past 15 hours, on how the agency has inserted language barring disaster aid groups with federal contracts from serving undocumented immigrants. https://t.co/01I97GBVpm Edited by the incomparable @paulina_milla
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Disaster aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.
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In the middle of hurricane season, the Department of Homeland Security involuntarily reassigned more than 100 FEMA employees to help with mass deportation work https://t.co/shTn8kstYG
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DHS said the moves won’t hinder disaster readiness, but current and former FEMA officials said losing that many people will hurt an already much reduced agency.
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The last thing this community needs… New Start in Lahaina, Hawaii on the island of Maui. There are evacuations currently for the Kaanapali area of Lahaina. Resources responding.
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Emergency management is often what keeps people alive during disasters, yet it's chronically underresourced. LA County, the most populous in the US, barely has any money for its office of EM, docs show. That played out in a big way during the #LAfires. https://t.co/oXXYXOuNoo
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Los Angeles County is no stranger to catastrophes. It has declared 74 disasters in the past 20 years and often hosts major events, such as the Summer Olympics in 2028.
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@bri_sacks on a reality so many will face: "Each major, once unfathomable disaster has been laying out the truth in clear, plain terms: In this era of climate change, there are fewer and fewer safe places. Great loss, for many of us, is inevitable."
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In the era of climate change, contending with loss has become inevitable.
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I am so grateful that the @washingtonpost not only let me, but also devoted resources into making this essay what it is. Thanks to @RogerDHodge for encouraging me from day one, and @eilperin and @Goldfarb for making it a team effort.
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3 months ago today I watch my dad's house burn in the Palisades Fire. As a journalist, it's rare and surreal when the trauma becomes so personal it is also the story. I decided to write about it, and what it was like losing layers of "home" in the #LAfires
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In the era of climate change, contending with loss has become inevitable.
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"My dad said little. At one point, he put his glove-covered hands on the cracked remnants of his office wall and bowed his head. 'My whole life went up in smoke,' he said." Really moving essay about covering the #LAFires by @bri_sacks
https://t.co/6xDyAfzSZh
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In the era of climate change, contending with loss has become inevitable.
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This, by @bri_sacks, is just aching. And replicated so many thousands of times across Los Angeles County.
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In the era of climate change, contending with loss has become inevitable.
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‘Cash offers only’: After L.A. fires, scorched lots in both the Pacific Palisades and Altadena are selling fast. @bri_sacks and @ReisThebault explain why, and what's at stake
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There has been a rush to buy and sell scorched lots since wildfires leveled thousands of homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, surprising real estate agents and experts.
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1/ A team of @washingtonpost journalists spent nearly 2 months probing what went wrong in the response to the Eaton Fire. See it here https://t.co/ZmF7fjViKk By @joyceslee @partlowj @JohnMuyskens @samueloakford @sarahkaplan48 @bri_sacks @aaroncdavis and @imogen_piper
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A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were sent to residents in western Altadena.
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A tale of two executive orders, issued on 3/1/25 Newsom trying to get more wildfire safety work done this year, addressing a critical issue for CA: https://t.co/WYOtrLQWy5 Trump trying to get the cut out like it's 1950, after firing key personnel: https://t.co/DhhtBDLFCB
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