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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You've got buildings on fire that have been standing for half a century. The high winds and brush fires aren't a result of the building codes. They're the result of perennial drought and the accumulation of flammable materials in the dust-bowls surrounding LA County.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

These articles are where I am basing my opinion from. Note that in the 2nd one, the fires originated in and are either in or on the border of state-designated high risk fire zones.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-11/fire-experts-asses-los-angeles-blazes-amid-changing-times

https://truthout.org/articles/how-big-developers-crushed-regulation-that-could-have-mitigated-la-fires/