A Pacific Palisades resident purchased a million-dollar burned lot for his daughter while he rebuilds too, so ‘grandpa and grandma will be just down the block’

(Credit: Courtesy of David Taft)

• It won’t be easy. Building anything in California can be difficult and costly, and the tariff picture is unclear after the president pressed pause. But it’s all worth it for David Taft.

For David Taft, the January wildfire that destroyed his Pacific Palisades home of 33 years has been felt every day since. It was the “most devastating thing that could have happened and just really a sh-t show,” he told Fortune.