The wildfires engulfing California this month have burned some of the same areas where other major fires have destroyed thousands of homes in recent years.
“The voters think there should be limits,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Berkeley IGS Poll.
Overall, 37% of voters surveyed said they supported strongly limiting new home building in wildfire areas, with an additional 38% saying they somewhat supported the idea. Last year Ken Pimlott, the recently retired head of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said that government should consider stopping home building in threatened communities because of the substantial loss of property and lives.“There’s something that is truly Californian about the wilderness and the wild and pioneering spirit,” Newsom said. “I’m not advocating for” no building.
“This is an issue where there’s concentrated very powerful interests that have a lot to lose by changing the rules,” he said.
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