As you may recall, Los Angeles nearly burned to the ground in a fire that many would argue was preventable. Now, while the DOJ has announced the arrest of the man allegedly responsible for starting the blaze, don’t forget that it was sheer government incompetence that allowed 7,000 homes to be destroyed.
It was the government that failed to prepare for extreme fire danger. It was the government that didn’t maintain reservoirs. It was the government that didn’t deploy fire trucks in the first crucial hours. That was the government—whose sole job is to protect public safety and maintain infrastructure—and they failed thousands of Angelenos.