“It didn’t have to be this way,” says Sara Gonzales of the ongoing L.A. wildfires that have already left 40,000 acres scorched, 1,300 monuments destroyed, and at least 24 people dead.
“If the city had been ready for something like this, it would not have been able to spin out of control the way that it did,” she sighs.
The blame falls heavily on California authorities, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who slashed the city’s fire department funding, and Gov. Gavin Newsom,...
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