Senator Denied Involvement in Palisades Fire Victims Housing Plan

Two Los Angeles businessmen unveiled a plan to raise up to $250 million in tax-exempt bonds to buy fire-damaged Pacific Palisades lots and build about 60 below-market homes for wildfire victims, touting state Sen. Ben Allen as a board member of their nonprofit Uplifters Foundation—but Allen says he never joined the foundation’s board, casting doubt on the project and its feasibility.