In Los Angeles, if one lives in a tinderbox or even if global warming is to blame for wildfires, it is our representatives responsibility to do everything humanly possible to mitigate the fire danger/ damage. First and foremost job of government is public safety, meaning funding the most extensive firefighting infrastructure possible, massive brush removal, cutting fire breaks, build a water infrastructure capable of supporting massive fire fighting endeavors anywhere in the City/ County all year round (one of the issues is California does not fund the private fire fighting infrastructure to be on call out side fire season). And probably the most important, put the most qualified people in charge, IOW scrub DEI and return to hiring people based on merit; Los Angeles, and California has failed these responsibilities in total and the result is a failed state, that can literally do nothing as it is consumed by wildfires.
Greg Gutfeld explained this succinctly, conservatives are about practicality, where progressives are about platitudes. When you have a crisis you need practical solutions, something progressives are incapable of, so California is left in crisis of competence, which the left created by replacing competence with complexion and sexual identity. By definition progressives tend to respond emotionally in their governance, which is okay until there is an actual crisis that requires practical solutions but then they become paralyzed because they have have none, falling back on blaming political platitudes like climate change, which is nothing more than phoney virtue signalling.
And a caveat. Wouldn't it be incredible if California had leadership whose primary concern is not, it wasn't my fault or responsibility and not always pointing fingers at someone else (while simultaneously telling critics now is not the time for finger pointing). The reality is if you are the governor or mayor it is your responsibility, making it your fault. Your job is not to abrogate responsibility, but take charge, take responsibility, first stop the bleeding and then problem solve. The reason poor leaders won't accept responsibility is because by doing so, it makes them responsible for fixing the problem. Good leaders gladly take responsibility and find solutions (eg the necessary trade offs) that will save lives and property in the future.
In other words, the message to California politicians, you had one job, keep the citizenry safe, and you failed miserably.
