Via my old friend and fellow longtime journalist Donald G McNeil, Jr., I came to ponder what lessons from San Francisco’s 1906 double-barreled catastrophe can apply as the incinerated neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles are re-envisioned and rebuilt - as they inevitably will be.
Problem. California's huge homeless population is related to the very high cost of housing there, which will become even higher as new construction is made more fire resistant.
A chance for land use regulations and building codes to allow for denser, more walkable ensembles. Insurance rates should reflect not only forward looking weather climate risks but site and structure specific characteristics as well.
Problem. California's huge homeless population is related to the very high cost of housing there, which will become even higher as new construction is made more fire resistant.
A chance for land use regulations and building codes to allow for denser, more walkable ensembles. Insurance rates should reflect not only forward looking weather climate risks but site and structure specific characteristics as well.
Totally agree!