Opinion: California’s fires are a scorching indictment of misguided governance

January 22, 2025

As Southern California burns yet again, the state’s leadership continues to offer little more than hollow platitudes and deflection. Californians are left to grapple with devastating wildfires that destroy homes, disrupt lives and pollute the air with suffocating smoke. It’s easy for state officials to blame climate change, but that narrative conveniently ignores the state’s own role in enabling these disasters.

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