I think an important part is being missed, and while
@JosephStalin touched on it, I will in further detail:
The voters repeatedly voted
in favor of things that would reduce the odds of wildfires. They voted overwhelmingly to make new resevoirs, to do brush clearance, to set up new methods to get water out east, and to bulk up the fire services. They voted the
exact way one should if they want to reduce fires. It was their elected officials going back on their promises and completely failing them at every fundamental level that led to this crisis - refusing to open up the waterways, refusing to dig new wells and resevoirs, refusing to do brush clearance, and focusing on DEI bullshit because what really matters in a crisis is that your fire departments have LGBTABCDEHIJKMNOPQRSUVWXYZ representation. The politicians are the ones who let NIMBY-ism and Environmental groups take precedent over actual fucking infrastructure and genuine state need.
"But Jaimas, that's what they get for voting for Democrats!"
Oh, you sweet innocent retard. You think it's that simple?
The way California's political apparatus is set up, opposition candidates
within the left can't even get on the fucking ballot, let alone actual fucking conservatives thanks to horseshit like the "Jungle" runoff system. California's been monoparty rule since the 1980s, and has actively done everything possible from the top down to prevent that paradigm from
ever being shifted. The state will manufacture any falsehood, make any claim, kill fucking *anyone* to ensure that absolutely
no one can change the balance of power back in a rightward direction. If you don't think that state is more fortified than a campaign map in Command and Conquer, you haven't been paying attention for the last few years.
In short: It is California's entrenched political apparatus that caused
all of this. They failed their state at every fucking turn in their arrogance.