California will never find a problem big enough that it won't ignore the problem entirely and come up with small, invasive regulations to solve it.
through poor forest management, lackluster water storage, and incompetent leadership. Naturally, the state wants to ignore those problems and focus on its expertise: hyperregulating normal people and pretending that these regulations move the needle.
to NPR, turning the state into one giant, nagging homeowner’s association. Per NPR, “In areas at risk of wildfires, homeowners would be required to clear some or all of the plants within five feet of their house,debates about whether potted plants can be kept within 5 feet of a house, whether plants should be allowed to be taller than 18 inches, and whether or not the plants are “well-maintained.”BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL: NO, LOS ANGELES STILL HASN’T REBUILT HOMES LOST IN JANUARY WILDFIRES What this means, in effect, is that California is imposing even more regulations on housing than before the fires, even as Democratic Gov.continues to sign vague executive order after vague executive order promising to cut red tape for the rebuilding efforts. The cost of clearing plants, wooden fences, and other new, bureaucracy-declared fire hazards from the bureaucracy-specified fire zones will fall on homeowners, because it would not be California if the state weren’t adding additional costs to everyday people. Today, Gavin Newsom announced a new executive order for Palisades and Eaton wildfire victims that will assist in cutting red tape and fast tracking processes that once took months.to commit to serious forest management, allowing dead and dying plants to turn the state into a tinderbox, exacerbating fires. The state also hasn’t built new water infrastructure that would allow a city such as Los Angeles to have the water it needs, rather than leaving fire hydrants empty as the fires raged.couldn’t be bothered to be in the country when the fires started, despite the increased risks from the weather being noted at the time. Los Angeles leadersBut that is not the concern of Newsom, Bass, or anyone else involved. Instead, they want to impose more regulations and break out the rulers to decide whether the plant in your yard is too tall or too close to your walls. They will all pretend this new red tape solves the problem, when the problem all along has been their own governmental incompetence.
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