This mandate helped reduce risk of wildfires destroying buildings in California by 40% — so why don’t more states implement it?

Researchers at the University of San Diego found that, despite $40 billion in property damage caused by wildfires over the past five years, efforts to have residents voluntarily implement wildfire protections have not been largely successful.

This mandate helped reduce risk of wildfires destroying buildings in California by 40% — so why don’t more states implement it?

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