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Originally Posted by jyl

The shortfall in controlled burns has been due to many causes. Manpower, budget, liability, air quality, etc. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/why-isnt-california-using-more-prescribed-burns-to-reduce-fire-risk/

I think the fundamental problem is that a controlled burn costs money and brings no immediate financial benefit.

Sometimes there is no immediate benefit (other than saving lives). Now that we saved all that money, we can use it as a down payment on the loan we will need to pay for the billions in damage caused by these recent fires.

We have homeless people all over California. I find it hard to believe that we don't have manpower. Maybe some people that aren't working need to start.