As officials and citizens begin to pick up the pieces following last weeks devastating wildfires in California, two different approaches are emerging from the ashes....
The California state fire marshal, Kate Dargan, said discussions had begun at the highest levels of government on some of the toughest proposals: curtailing population growth on the wildland margins or a sweeping overhaul of how the public lands are managed for fire danger. But decisions are perhaps 5 to 10 years away because of the enormity and complexity of the task.
Or
But few officials are talking seriously about stopping construction. Officials in San Diego, where growth has been as enshrined into the civic DNA as firmly as anywhere in America, make it clear that they will not restrain new construction in fire zones, even if it were possible to do so.
“The idea is not that we create goals and policies to slow growth, that’s not the intent,” said Jeff Murphy, the interim deputy director of at the San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use, where the county’s new fire protection building codes were developed. “It’s to make sure that people are safe during a wildland fire."
Which one is the proper (read sensible) response?
Via NYT
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