2:50 PM PT — Newsom‘s workplace tells TMZ … “After listening to from Rachel, the Governor instantly spoke to President Biden and because of that decision the President dedicated to masking 100% of the restoration prices for the following 180 days. That’s a game-changer.”

The Governor’s rep additionally says they spoke to Rachel so as “to attach her with restoration providers, native assist, and supply the most recent info.”

They add, “This was not a traditional blaze. When this fireplace started, firefighters had been battling flames fueled by 100mph hurricane-force winds in opposition to them.”

In line with Newsom’s workplace, native officers say “three million gallons of water (sufficient water to cowl 2 soccer fields in a foot of water) had been saved in three massive tanks for hearth hydrants earlier than the Palisades hearth, however the provide was exhausted due to the intense scale of the fireplace and extraordinary nature of this hurricane-force firestorm.”

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom tried to make use of President Biden as a defend when a distraught wildfire sufferer confronted him Thursday — however his efforts kinda blew up in his face.

The girl, a lawyer named Rachel Darvish, ran as much as Newsom as he was stepping into his automobile — leaving a devastated Pacific Palisades — and began hammering him with questions on every little thing that went flawed for firefighters … and a Sky Information digicam crew captured the extreme showdown.

Darvish demanded solutions about why there was no water strain in hearth hydrants to assist firefighters knock down the flames — Newsom shortly responded by holding up his cellphone and telling her he was speaking to President Biden at that very second about getting assist to victims.

Maybe he thought she’d again off when he stated that, however it solely made her demand extra solutions — and, in truth, she requested to talk to Biden. Newsom lastly needed to admit, “I am sorry. I’ve tried 5 instances, that is why I am strolling round to make the decision.”

Newsom advised he wasn’t in a position to get a sign, however Darvish pinned him down, saying … “Why is not the President taking your name?”

Watch their change … it solely obtained extra awkward after that.

Darvish has been extraordinarily essential of Gov. Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass … accusing each of being caught flat-footed and never getting ready for the worst forward of this week’s hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which fueled the firestorm.

She advised Fox Information, “There ought to have been some forethought. Individuals had been getting out of their automobiles to run away from the fires.”

It is also clear she wasn’t shopping for Newsom’s declare about getting President Biden on the cellphone, and he or she continued peppering him with questions on water dripping close by … suggesting it will have made the distinction when the fireplace was raging.