This may be true, I don't know but I'll tell you this. MANY fires in the state are in areas historically managed by both controlled burns and logging. I was listening to Bob Murphy interview a guy the other day and he mentioned something I had forgotten about.

When I was growing up I spent my summers camping and righting dirt bikes on logging trails in the mountains around Yosemite national park (well outside the park) and those trails have been left overgrown. Logging in California has been drastically reduced and with that the trails are no longer maintained. This makes it harder for fire fighters to get access to areas.

The issues are many and complex. Those trying to simplify it to DEI or Gavin Newscum are missing many issues 20+ years in the making. California has long been managed by incompetent people. More importantly California is managed by political forces not market forces. Many states are following the same playbook. They need to see where it ends.

One other tidbit I'd forgotten about is how much of the forest land in California is own and managed by the Feds vs. California. Its something like 94% feds, 6% California. Wondering if Trump will do something instead of just pontificating about Newscum. He should have the ability to drastically change how the forests in California are managed.