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Insurance in risk prone areas is subsidized... And... Goats are the solution!!

As best I recall, Davis points out that the expense of LA city fire services is paid for by the general public. Which isn't fair, because there is huge public expense in protecting fire prone areas like Malibu. And the insurance companies know that the city will step in to provide all that expensive fire protection. So Malibu homeowner fire insurance cost is heavily subsidized by the LA general public. They should probably pay at least several times more than what they actually pay.

Now, about goats...
Some 25 years ago my family had a home with an ocean view high in the hills over Laguna Beach, just south of LA. The surrounding hills were covered with thick chaparral vegetation. Then one day the Santa Ana desert winds blew in and something caught fire. Most of the hills surrounding Laguna Beach burned to a crisp. 300 homes lost. Members of my family had to escape in a traffic jam while an adjacent hillside roared up in flames.

Subsequently the City of Laguna Beach found an excellent solution to the fire hazard. They hired shepherds with herds of goats to systematically eat down the vegetation to stubble. Works extremely well!

There are a number of companies in California that rent out goats for this very purpose, vegetation removal and fire prevention.



Edits: 09/15/20 09/15/20

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