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It sounds a bit catch-22. They are struggling with having enough fresh water so that maintaining greenery can be difficult if not against watering restrictions.
During the drought different neighborhoods are only allowed to water their lawns/outdoor plants on prescribed days of the week. Not that it's particularly enforced, but it's often there.
There are plenty of plants that can subsist on minimal irrigation.
As per usual, politicians coming up with half baked plans without consulting scientists or going with scientific recommendations.
The appearance of doing something about a problem is much easier and more politically expedient than actually doing something about a problem.
Sometimes half measures also just get a ball rolling so real measures can be done by showing that the half measures wernt enough.
It's the most expensive way to do anything, but people are so good damn against starting ANYTHING if it's not a perfect solution. That just getting people to accept a change at all is the hardest part typically.
Surely a raging wildfire couldn't jump 5 feet.
580 WILDFIRE: Wildfire jumps Highway 580 and shuts down freeway
that well-maintained plants
I get it, but I wouldn't want the existence of my house to depend on my neighbor's grounds keeping skills and fidelity. Or even more realistically, their house depending on mine.
Or on whether there’s a drought and watering shrubs is allowed
Green firewalls. That’s all we need
Just pour concrete everywhere at this point.
Cover me in concrete!!! I’m fireproof!
Why Even Live
Fire breaks like this are already mandatory in some parts of the state due to the danger and potential for wildfires. Though, the places I know that have this requirement, it's 10 feet not just 5.
I think it makes sense in some areas, but not all. Some houses have pretty much zero wildfire risk so it's unnecessary.
