In the confusion of the COVID Pandemic of 2020, a plan was quietly hatched to turn Los Angeles into a digitized smart city, welcome to SmartLA 2028

Earlier today, we wrote an article asking a question about the massive fire that has destroyed 12,000+ acres in Los Angeles, wondering if it happen by neglect or by planning. Did Gavin Newsom failed to prepare his state for this fire because he was so hyper-focused on transgender rights and healthcare for illegals? That’s a very likely possibility, and certainly part of the story, but as Paul Harvey used to say, “now for the rest of the story”. The rest of the story takes us to a little something called ‘SmartLA 2028’, the plan to turn all of Los Angeles into a digitized, smart city. That’s the memo.

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 (KJB)

Remaking a city is hard work, it takes a lot of time, a lot of planning and a lot of money, with little guarantee that the city you wish to make can be created from the existing structure. But what if there was a massive fire, say the largest fire in the history of Los Angeles, and much of the city you want to remake gets destroyed? Well, making the new city now would be so much easier to do. Is that what they just did? I don’t know, but it sure is crazy suspicious to have a preventable fire of this magnitude that somehow was not prevented, raze much of Los Angeles to the ground, leaving the mandate to rebuild, and as quickly as possible. Before you make up your mind, just remember that, if you were alive in 2020, you’ve already been exposed to a man-made virus intentionally released on the world from a lab in China, you’ve already been locked down against your will, and you were bullied into taking a ‘vaccine’ you did not want and did not trust that has already sickened and killed millions of people. Now, is staging a fire to turn Los Angeles into a smart city really so hard to imagine? Nope, makes a whole lot of sense to me.

In the confusion of the COVID Pandemic of 2020, a plan was quietly hatched to turn Los Angeles into a digitized smart city that would administer social justice, implement digital surveillance, and begin to start the process of making all residents give up their vehicles to take public transportation. One key ‘tell’ you will notice is the use of the term ‘stakeholder’ when referring to the residents of Los Angeles. You know who else talks like that? Klaus Schwab in the Great Reset. Here below is their plan to create a smart city out of Los Angeles, the full PDF is below it.

SmartLA 2028: Technology for a better Los Angeles

In 2019, the City of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency (ITA) convened its Smart City Committee, composed of 24 departments and elected officials. While Los Angeles had become a civic technology leader (winning #1 U.S. Digital City award for three straight years), the exponential growth of new technologies and increasing public expectations SmartLA 2028 1requires new levels of coordination to realize our vision. Our Smart City Committee came to the following conclusions:

1. Smart cities are multi-faceted and made up of several components, not just IT infrastructure
2. Smart cities are evolving, which requires both near-term and long-term goals that adhere to an overarching set of Smart City values
3. Smart cities require collaboration, where government and non-government entities work together to deliver best-in-class services to the public
4. Smart cities require local resident and business participation, especially in light of major social movements, such as the protests for racial justice, the Digital Divide, and social impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic
5. Smart cities don’t happen by accident; they require careful strategic planning and investment to become intelligent urban ecosystems designed for the humans that live there. Understanding the importance of technology for the modern city, SmartLA 2028 is our concise smart city strategy, which is followed by specific working group meetings and an implementation plan for impacted City of Los Angeles departments.

The events of the year 2020 further remind us of the importance of being a Smart City. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a humanitarian and economic crisis. The protests for racial justice are a stark reminder of the urgency to unite and act upon our guiding principles for a just society that upholds and values the lives of all Americans, regardless of race.

Los Angeles residents will experience an improved quality of life by leveraging technology to meet urban challenges. No longer the “car capital of the world”, residents will choose how they wish to get around LA, using a single, digital payment platform, with choices like renovated Metro rail and bus systems or micro transit choices, such as on-demand LANow shuttles or dockless bicycles. Neighborhoods will again welcome the pedestrian and allow easy access to green space. NTEB TRANSLATION: You will give up your car, and like it (Klaus Schwab 2021)

Other advancements will enable Angelenos to access City services like park information or library digital content from the comfort of their homes through an Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Apple Siri. Living in a Digital Economy, the City of Los Angeles will continue to improve both the speed of Internet access and accessibility for underserved communities through a dedicated digital inclusion fund. NTEB TRANSLATION: There is no need to leave your home, everything will come to you, this is what a 15-minute smart city is built to do. 

LA’s Smart City Strategy – SmartLA 2028

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The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry

I have no interest in politics other than using it to spread the gospel, but if I were the governor of California my main priority would not be climate change, sanctuary cities, healthcare for illegals or legislation to benefit transgenders. Those are the priorities of current governor Gavin Newsome. If I were the governor of California, my first priority would be fire preparedness, and my second would be earthquake preparedness. Everything else would fall in line behind that. Los Angeles is in ruins right now, not because of an “unprecedent natural disaster”, not because of “climate change” but because Gavin Newsom failed in preparing his state. Or, was it intentional? That’s the memo.

“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;” Genesis 19:24 (KJB)

You have to admit, 2025 is off to a fantastically quick start from an end times perspective, so much so that the handwriting appears to be on the wall for the remaining 51 weeks of this new year. Ask yourself, if California is a state that is known for consistent and often-times brutal wildfires, why is there not a structure in place to be prepared for the next one, the “big one”. They have had decades to put such a system in place, the “big one” is actually happening right now, and the level of death, damage and destruction is eye-watering. This either happen through intentional neglect or intentional planning, but either way, it was intentional. Will we see 15-minute cities rising from the rubble? Pray for the families who lost loved ones, and pray that the gospel will be given out through street preachers as the city rebuilds.

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Exhausted Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles Pacific wildfires as winds calm somewhat

FROM THE DAILY MAIL UK: The devastation wrought by the hellish wildfires tearing through Los Angeles has been laid bare by a series of horrifying before and after images that emerged this morning. A slew of notable locations, including Sunset Boulevard that splits the upscale Pacific Palisades, were engulfed in punishing flames that tore through residential and commercial areas alike and reduced buildings to burnt-out husks. Banks, restaurants, gas stations and homes were left in smouldering ruins along the iconic boulevard, where bulldozers were forced to remove abandoned luxury motors, forging a path for emergency services and firefighters. The latest fires mean huge swathes of iconic southern California real estate from Malibu to Santa Monica, and from Pacific Palisades to Runyon Canyon, are ablaze – impacting millions caught off guard by the unprecedented spread and carnage.

Los Angeles lies in ruins. Was it from the intentional neglect of Gavin Newsom focused on climate change and sanctuary cities, or was it through intentional planning by the Deep State to create 15-minute cities from the rubble? This could have been prevented but it wasn’t, why? pic.twitter.com/GesZM8xhrS

— Now The End Begins (@NowTheEndBegins) January 9, 2025

As of Thursday morning, the largest inferno has consumed nearly 12,000 acres (4,856 hectares) in the picturesque Pacific Palisades neighborhood that is home to many film, television and music stars. In Studio City, several homes caught alight late on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a four-storey building and spread to neighboring properties.

At least five people have lost their lives in the disaster so far, with 2,000 structures obliterated and thousands of people left with nothing but ash across the city. The death toll is expected to rise as police and fire services prepare to deploy K-9 units trained to sniff out human remains.

More than 130,000 people are still under evacuation orders in Southern California as several notable TV, film and music stars took to social media to announce they had lost their homes.

California Governor Gavin Newsom meanwhile became emotional when asked about Donald Trump placing the blame on him for the disastrous wildfires, after the president-elect referred to the California Governor as ‘Gavin Newscum’ and said he was at fault for the disaster. Trump’s remark came as LA real estate developer Rick Caruso, whose Palisades Village properties were demolished by the inferno, blamed the shocking issue on ‘mismanagement’ and ‘systemic problems’ in the city after it emerged the hydrants were not filled by reservoir water.

‘This is a window into a systemic problem of the city — not only of mismanagement, but our infrastructure is old,’ he said, as the LA Times reported that firefighters were radioing their stations with reports that the hydrants were dry.

He went onto rail against LA Mayor Karen Bass – who was out of the country as the fire tore through the city earlier this week – and the Department of Water and Power (DWP) in a stern interview delivered to FOX News. Caruso – himself a former commissioner of the city’s Board of Water and Power – declared: ‘Everybody knew these winds were coming… you got to have water and my understanding is that the reservoir was not filled on time, or in a timely manner.

‘This is basic stuff… it’s all about leadership and management that we’re seeing a failure of and all of these residents are paying the ultimate price for that… Why don’t you call the mayor, who’s out of the country, and ask her? (why the fire hydrants are dry)’, he concluded. READ MORE

Los Angeles burns to the ground in apocalyptic fire horror

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At Bethany Baptist Church during our Sunday Service time, Bro. Ed recounted a story in Sunday School about praying in need of a “hug” from the LORD, however He wanted to work that out. The LORD responded to Ed’s prayer by sending him a blessing that exactly fit his need. He always does. At the NTEB Bookstore on Monday, a man came in after being told that this was a place where he could freely receive a copy of God’s preserved word, and when it was delivered the LORD had a hug for both parties.

“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (KJB)

On Monday morning, I was in the back of the Bookstore in the Studio, testing the equipment and preparing the Monday Podcast, so I was not aware of what was happening up front. Intently focused on the work before me, I paid little attention to Lori coming in to sit at her desk, failing to notice that her eyes were moist with fresh tears. She sat for a moment then her voice snapped me to full attention, it was then I noticed her tears. When I asked what was the matter, Lori proceeded to recount for me what had just taken place up front. A man was sent over to our Bookstore, he was in great need of a Bible but unable to purchase one, and his friend had told him there was a place that could provide him with one. Lori showed him one or two of them, but the man quietly said his eyesight was so bad he was unable to see the print. Lori then handed him one with not just large print, but super giant print, and was pointing out the features of it, looking down at the Bible as she spoke. She noticed the man was quiet for a long moment, and when she looked up, his eyes were were quietly soaked with tears of joy. “I can see it”, he exclaimed, “I can see it!” I once was blind, and now I see, thank you LORD Jesus. Amen.

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We give out so many thousands of Bibles, New Testaments, scripture portions and gospel tracts, it can become a little rote at times, due to not usually getting to meet or even see the persons on the other end receiving them. But on Monday, the LORD sent a man into our shop who needed a Bible but had a blessing to give us, a hug from the LORD. Reminding us of just how much this means to the people we give Bibles to. We rejoiced in tears of utter happiness. As if that wasn’t enough, we received a letter today from a young man in Texas that said this – “Please send me a free King James Bible, my name is Parker, I am 14 years old, and I need one very badly. Thank you very much and may God bless you and your ministry in Jesus Name, Amen”. When you support the Free Bible Program and Bibles Behind Bars, this is what you’re helping to do.

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Now The End Begins is your front line defense against the rising tide of darkness in the last Days before the Rapture of the Church

• HOW TO DONATE: Click here to view our WayGiver Funding page

When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB