Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plant Instead

(Editor’s note: This article was first printed in City Journal on December 30, 2025 and is reprinted with permission. https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-wildfires-pacific-palisades-california-rules) State policies turned a tiny, containable brush blaze into Los Angeles’s worst urban wildfire catastrophe. By SHAWN REGAN One year…