Insurers are fleeing California, where myriad public policies are making it impossible to operate in the fire-prone state.
California’s annual devastation is preventable with proper land management. More than 100 years of fire suppression, however, has left forests in the American West overgrown, presenting nearby residents with massive tinderboxes ready to flare up into massive conflagrations that send smoke as far as Europe.
[Source.](https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/06/bad-governance-not-climate-change-jeopardizes-california-home-insurance/)
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Insurers are fleeing California, where myriad public policies are making it impossible to operate in the fire-prone state.
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California’s annual devastation is preventable with proper land management. More than 100 years of fire suppression, however, has left forests in the American West overgrown, presenting nearby residents with massive tinderboxes ready to flare up into massive conflagrations that send smoke as far as Europe.
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