California's wildfires exposed failings of the state's leadership

LZ Granderson: 2020 's wildfires emitted "close to double (the state's) emissions reductions achieved over 16 years " LZ: California 's $54 billion climate action budgets, $ 100-billion-plus effort to build a bullet train are for naught if it doesn't get serious about wildfire prevention.

Granderson says the state should embrace policies that control wildfires, rendering useless our climate agenda.

In fact, why hasn't the state dealt with any of these festering problems? That's the $150 billion question. This column was first published in The Orange County Register ..