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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People don't seem to understand that Pacific Palisades, Hollywood Hills, and Malibu are not at all normal neighborhoods in need of policy solutions that would address 99.9% of the rest of the country. These are ultra luxury houses owned by people who can either cover the cost of replacement without much trouble or people who have lived there long enough to be locked into extremely low public tax rates and affordable home insurance. They could have used their savings from taxes over the years to buy additional insurance or put that money into accounts for savings or to cover unexpected costs like these. [/quote]

California's governors and mayors should also have been planning for emergencies and the priority of needed public safety measures. The results of poor leadership and planning are on display.[/quote]

Actually California is top in the nation for emergency preparedness due to the climate changing and geography.  There are fights between developers and the state about building on coastal bluffs that fall into the ocean. There are fights between people who own houses teetering on coastal bluffs that want to stay.

Climate change sucks. A lot more of the US and world is going to be destroyed. [/quote]

The Santa Anna winds have been around since the beginning of time.  Dirty politicians have not, that's where the blame lies.[/quote]

It hasn't rained in LA in 8 months. That is not normal [/quote]

So the potential for catastrophic fires should have been noted by leaders in govt. [/quote]

Do you think the state of California should be watering forests and scrubland? The potential was noted and there were warnings [/quote]

[b]Increase water reservoirs? [/b]Increase number of firefighters and equipment? Take other helpful measures? Not ask for budget cuts? Not be absent and traveling?[/quote]

LA and LA County are very far down the list for water rights in California and that's not something Newsome or the county can change [/quote]

Then why keep building there?[/quote]

Rainfall is cyclical in California and swings between years of over normal rainfall and then years of drought. Rainfall amounts are collected from July to June. February is the rainiest month in LA.

In Westwood (UCLA, close to Palisades) the average rainfall amount is 17 inches. Last year it rained 35 inches and the year before it rained 37 inches. This year only 1/10 of an inch has fallen. In Pasadena the normal rainfall is 20 inches, last year 30 inches fell and the year before 41 inches. This year .06 inches have fallen. So over the last two years brush has grown like crazy due to all the rains. Then this year it hasn't rained (hopefully it will in Feb and March), so a massive amount of overgrown brush is bone dry. Now add Santa Ana winds which are hot dry winds that blow in from the desert and you have wildfire conditions.

Another factor is that the state of CA mandates that cities continue to build housing even though there really isn't enough water. They have passed legislation overriding city and county laws that limit housing in fire prone communities. The state will fine cities if they don't continue to build housing. California’s Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, waives local development standards if 5% of the project includes affordable homes for those who are very low income. In other words, the city would be forced to approve a development, regardless of public safety or density concerns including how there will be enough water for the development. [/quote]

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