Private Firefighters Won’t Save California—But Don’t Blame the People Who Try to Use Them

As the deadly blazes began erupting across L.A. County earlier this week , a private firefighting team rushed to defend the Hollywood Hills mansion of a talent manager whose clients have included Miley Cyrus and Lil Nas X.

The backlash, perhaps unsurprisingly, given current attitudes toward members of the C-suite, was swift.

Writers: Insurance industry has ended coverage for hundreds of thousands of Californians in fire-risk areas in recent years .

Some of the largest companies, including State Farm and Allstate , now refuse to write new homeowners coverage anywhere in the state.

Writers: With threat of climate-driven infernos here to stay, the most logical response could simply be to stop protecting homes at all, or at minimum, stop rebuilding them.