Last year, California experienced five of the six largest fires in the state’s history. The dynamics in the housing market mean that history could repeat...
Massive wildfires have blazed a path of destruction up and down the state of California in recent years — and 2020 was no exception.
Researchers from the UC Berkeley Center for Community Innovation and the nonprofit think-tank Next 10 examined three communities across the state that were affected by recent wildfires: Santa Rosa, Ventura and Paradise. Their findings show that the state continues to allow development in the so-called “wildland urban interface,” where nature meets human development.
“Following a fire, many municipalities opt to ‘adapt in place’ instead of attempting to move people out of high fire risk areas, pointing to the statewide housing shortage and lack of public support for any sort of climate migration strategy,” the researchers wrote. In Santa Rosa, city officials waived regulation to encourage a fast pace of rebuilding, essentially where the homes originally were. In Ventura, on the other hand, the city has limited development in the WUI while encouraging more multifamily construction in other areas to account for the high housing demand in the region.
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