Global warming alarmists rush to blame L.A. fires on climate change. Here's why

Issues & Insights Editorial Board: Global warming alarmists screech about human reliance of fossil fuels.

Julian Zelizer : In California , wildfires have fallen sharply since the late 1980s , from nearly 14,000 a year to about 7,000 .

He says the real reasons for California ’s devastating fires isn’t “weather whiplash” or any other new theory.

Zelizer says it's human error, repeated mistakes made by California”s clueless progressive political class.

California ’s ultra-left progressives have made it difficult (bordering on impossible) to do even the most responsible, common-sense things like build reservoirs and manage overgrown fire-prone forests.

The latest estimate is $57 billion in property damage, seven dead, 180,000 people evacuated, and thousands of structures destroyed.