California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...
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California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers ... a coastline perspective in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. AP The latest measure creates a new ...
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LA Real Estate Lobbied to Develop in High-Risk Fire Areas
In 2021, state senator Henry Stern (D), who lost his own home in Los Angeles’s Topanga Canyon in the 2018 Woolsey Fire, was fighting in the California legislature to stop development in high ...
Newsom meets with Trump to move past the 'noise' of the election
Gov. Gavin Newsom met with President Trump on Wednesday as he seeks federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles County wildfires ...
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Los Angeles wildfire live updates: LA's 'off the charts' dryness keeps risk of new fires high
Los Angeles wildfire live updates ... “This is frustrating at every level of government,” said Democratic state Senator Henry Stern, one of the lawmakers behind the legislation.
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California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers ... Stern, the state senator who also lost his home in another Los Angeles fire in 2018, said he struggles to convince his family to follow ...