California doesn’t prepare for wildfires

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Wildfires are common in the state of California, but the government fails to take the necessary steps to prepare for them, California State Legislature Assembly Member Bill Essayli says.   #California #CaliforniaFires

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00:00Yeah, what we're being told is that an area the size of Washington DC has already been scorched and with no rain

00:07Forecast and you know, you've got thousands of kilometers of arid landscape plus those winds you mentioned

00:13I mean, there's a really lethal combination here and a sense perhaps that things might get worse before they get better

00:18Well, we hope not but really this is not new to California

00:22California is very accustomed to having wildfires and these dry conditions

00:26And so part of the criticism that we've had here as as elected officials

00:31And me being a Republican in California is that we don't manage our lands properly to prepare for these conditions

00:39We know these conditions come every year, but we fail to take the necessary steps to really prepare for it

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