Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Something that is not being discussed is this mess will create millions upon millions in property tax loss to LA County. All those burned houses will now not be able to be taxed for what the houses were worth pre fire -a house that was millions of dollars is not worth a lot when it is burned to ground. Will take years to get permits and rebuild. This fire is going to hurt people not even initially affected because this loss will affect all sorts of programs with funding. California is notoriously difficult with building permits. There will be zero appetite to pay more taxes to make up for this and progressives will continue to be blamed. Hoping there are lessons learned but have yet to hear any Democrats agree that you have to prioritize people over little fish. You have to allow fire stops and brush clearing. There has to be a way to have balance. Also all those fire fighters fired for. it taking Covid Vax need to be hired back asap. Also need to allow help with trucks to go directly to fighting fires and not have to do emissions testing first. Wishing the best for California!!!
There are plenty of places have large fire risks Arizona, New Mexico etc.
I don't understand why Californians built stick houses with tar paper rooves. Would it have been too expensive to build adobe style houses. This seems like a building codes problem. Brick with slate rooves maybe. Wouldn't that be cheaper than insuring something that the insurance company said is basically going to burn down. Oh and no bushes in your yards. No grass just rocks and cacti. When I lived in New Mexico everyone had a soaker for their house.