Newsom’s Governorship Going Up In Smoke

Jarrett Stepman: California Gov. Gavin Newsom's reputation has been sullied as much as his.

He says Newsom and those who run California deserve much of the blame for not just the Los Angeles fires, but the towering infernos that have been ravaging the state for years .

California 's obsession with environmentalism is destroying its environment and making it impossible to fix once disaster has struck, Stepman says.

John Lindsay , a young and attractive liberal who dreamed of the presidency, saw his political career effectively end when a blizzard dropped 15 inches of snow on the city.

Maybe Newsom survives this disaster in California , but his tenure in office will now be defined by his failure on the fire issue.