California Wildfires: Environmentalist Policies Can Have Deadly Results

Tens of thousands of acres have gone up in flames in Los Angeles County, a tragedy made all the more infuriating by the fact that it was entirely preventable. California’s leaders knew this could happen — yet they chose inaction, distractions, and virtue-signaling over protecting their citizens.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s priorities have been astonishingly misplaced. To appease radical environmentalists, he pushed forward initiatives to remove dams, under the guise of protecting marine species, and thereby handicapped water supplies for crucial uses such as preventing and fighting wildfires. Not unrelatedly, fire hydrants across Los Angeles ran dry during precious moments of fighting back the flames. Newsom’s response was essentially a shrug. Saying that someone would figure it out, he left Californians to fend for themselves.

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Danielle B. Franz

Danielle B. Franz is the chief executive officer of the American Conservation Coalition.

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Tens of thousands of acres have gone up in flames in Los Angeles County, a tragedy made all the more infuriating by the fact that it was entirely preventable. California’s leaders knew this could happen — yet they chose inaction, distractions, and virtue-signaling over protecting their citizens.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s priorities have been astonishingly misplaced. To appease radical environmentalists, he pushed forward initiatives to remove dams, under the guise of protecting marine species, and thereby handicapped water supplies for crucial uses such as preventing and fighting wildfires. Not unrelatedly, fire hydrants across Los Angeles ran dry during precious moments of fighting back the flames. Newsom’s response was essentially a shrug. Saying that someone would figure it out, he left Californians to fend for themselves.