Posted on 02/02/2025 11:35:35 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some experts say may have helped mitigate the damage from Los Angeles’ devastating wildfires.
The California Legislature in 2020 passed a bill requiring property owners in fire-prone areas to maintain so-called ember-resistant zones around their homes. The legislation tasked the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection with writing up rules governing exactly what this should look like by Jan. 1, 2023. But the board still hasn’t done so, and doesn’t yet have a firm timeline for when they’ll be finished.
Asked why the rule-making is more than two years behind schedule, board executive officer Edith Hannigan responded with a statement saying the agency is still in the “pre-rule-making phase” of developing the standards and is focused on finding options for financial assistance and education to help people comply with them.
“There are many facets to consider as part of this complex process,” she said.
State Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), who represents fire-ravaged Malibu and Pacific Palisades, is unhappy with the delay and is examining how the Legislature might prod the agency to pick up the pace, saying it’s important for the standards to be in place as homeowners rebuild.
“I’m frustrated that these regulations haven’t come out of the Board of Forestry yet,” said Allen, who chairs the subcommittee that approves the board’s budget. “After seeing my community burn, I want to see them take action.”
Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas) is also calling on the board to move more quickly.
“We cannot afford to kick the can down the road,” he said in a statement, calling the rules a matter of life and death for homeowners and their neighbors. “As we push to rebuild the Southland, we must also ensure our communities still...”
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Ya think?
Utter Bull Squeeze. "Complex process," my ass. Change building codes to require well-documented and proven fire resistant details in home construction. Clear brush. Don't let reservoirs go out of service. Hire more firemen (MEN) and mechanics to keep equipment in tip-top condition. Add firefighting capacity. Build more reservoirs. Consider emergency pumping of ocean water into water mains to maintain pressure (you can rinse the pipes later).
It isn't complex, nor is it rocket science.
The hot Santa Ana winds will always blow off the desert. You can't stop that. But basic things can change the outcome.
‘Twould appear that not only the Pope, but a measurable proportion of Catholics are no longer Catholic.
Ya’ can’t fix stupid. The idiot stupidfornia lawmakers cannot do anything correctly. They are just discovering 100 year old ideas....complete idiots...
Let them wallow and burn in their own stupidity, feces, and dead mentally ill , drug addicted homeless(p.s. the lawmakers earn too much money from kind hearted souls who vote them money to fix the homeless problem)
As for infrastructure, all the right stuff used to be there. Maintenance is key -- don't scrimp on it.
I’ve read that throwing DemocRAT state congresscritters on the flames douses them quickly. Give it a try.
More goats less mountain lions
The California Legislature leave sign in burn area turn water off after the fire is out.
Fine print: If there is any water
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Absolutely! A million wild goats in the hills would do wonders. AND, they would feed the mountain lions, to boot.
Quit facilitating ‘Homeless Camps’ and their fires would reduce ignition sources by a significant amount.
Yes! i forgot that critical one. They say something like HALF of grassland fires are started by homeless. The Pacific Palisades people were complaining about that for years and nothing was done.
Stop giving CA homeless $4 billion every year and they will not stick around.
That is plain wrong. Throwing them on the fires would do no such thing. However, it would be entertaining.
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