Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

California's Failed Liberal Policies!

9 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker denounces California Democratic leadership for policies he claims exacerbate wildfire risk and water scarcity. He points to the governor’s failure to fill reservoirs despite recent heavy rains, leading to insufficient water for firefighters in areas like Pacific Palisades. The speaker argues that climate‑change‑focused policies have diverted attention from practical fire prevention measures, such as brush clearing and controlled burns. He stresses that as more people move into rural and valley regions, proactive vegetation management becomes increasingly critical, and he views the current approach as nonsensical and damaging.

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We have to recognize the policies that are doing more damage than good, and these are Democrat policies in California where you have a governor that did not fill reservoirs when you guys, when you guys got tons of rain a couple of years ago. And now you have places like the Pacific Palisades where firemen don't even have enough water to fight the fires out there, and it's all in the name of climate change. Meanwhile, your state is on fire, and look at the damage that's being done. If you're concerned about CO2 emissions, which I'm not, frankly, but if you are, look at the damage that's being done in the name of climate change. I mean, you guys refuse to clear your brush. You, you refuse to do, uh, burns like you should. If you're going to move into rural areas, if you're going to move into the valley, it becomes even more increasingly important, obviously, that brush around you and nearby areas is cleaned up, that it's thinned out, that there are controlled burns. Instead of letting Ember, you know, just run wild, just grow wild. Makes no sense to me.