What should be the trigger for federal assistance in a wildfire? How about for use of military aircraft? Should the federal government be taking any role in disaster relief, or is that just encouraging reckless behavior?
California Fair Access to Insurance requirements already allow plutocrats in fire-prone areas to get subsidized insurance. Now Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants to bring in federal subsidies as well. Is this three shades of crazy or an important step toward rationalizing fire risk in Southern California?
Is San Diego a public-sector skinflint that skimps on fire preparedness and should have been ready for last weeks fires? Or is it a can-do government that managed to evacuate about half a million people and get the fires under control in a matter of days? All this week, UC San Diegos Richard Carson and San Diego tax-fighter Richard Rider debate the policy of fire.
