By City News Service
Feb 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - As California lawmakers consider a bill that would limit sprawl development in blaze-prone areas, a report released today highlights how rampant construction in high fire-risk Southland wildlands is putting more people in harm s way and contributing to a dramatic increase in costs associated with fire suppression and damages.
Built to Burn, released by the Center for Biological Diversity, notes that if current land-use practices continue, between 640,000 and 1.2 million new homes could be built in the state s highest wildfire-risk areas by 2050. Nearly all contemporary wildfires in California are caused by human sources such as power lines and electrical equipment, and development increases that threat.
For Immediate Release, February 25, 2021
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Report: Sprawl in Fire-prone Areas Endangers Californians, Increases Damages, Fire-suppression Costs
‘Built to Burn’ Calls for State Law to Limit Construction in High Fire-risk Wildlands
LOS ANGELES As California lawmakers consider a bill that would limit sprawl development in blaze-prone areas, a new report highlights how rampant construction in high fire-risk wildlands is putting more people in harm’s way and contributing to a dramatic increase in costs associated with fire suppression and damages.
Built to Burn, released today by the Center for Biological Diversity, notes that if current land-use practices continue, between 640,000 and 1.2 million new homes could be built in the state’s highest wildfire-risk areas by 2050. Nearly all contemporary wildfires in California are caused by human sources such as power lines and electrical equipment, and development increases that threat.
By City News Service
Feb 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - As California lawmakers consider a bill that would limit sprawl development in blaze-prone areas, a report released today highlights how rampant construction in high fire-risk Southland wildlands is putting more people in harm s way and contributing to a dramatic increase in costs associated with fire suppression and damages.
Built to Burn, released by the Center for Biological Diversity, notes that if current land-use practices continue, between 640,000 and 1.2 million new homes could be built in the state s highest wildfire-risk areas by 2050. Nearly all contemporary wildfires in California are caused by human sources such as power lines and electrical equipment, and development increases that threat.
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December 17, 2020
They did it again. San Diego County s lame-duck supervisors recently approved yet another massive new sprawl development in the ecologically rich Proctor Valley.
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The Board of Supervisors signed off on Otay Ranch Village 13, which will bring thousands of new residents to a fire-prone area while paving over critical habitat for endangered wildlife. The board even shrugged off the California attorney general s warning of the increased risk of wildfire that the project will create.
But the board s three newly elected supervisors have the chance to take the county in a much-needed new direction.
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The Otay project is just the latest in a long line of destructive and deeply unpopular sprawl developments greenlighted by county supervisors in recent years. It s particularly disturbing that most have required special amendments to the county s general plan the constitution for development in the county.