utility policy
Climate Issues in the 2026 Governor’s Race: Wildfire
Sixth in a series of posts outlining key challenges and opportunities facing California’s next governor.
Eighteen of California’s 20 most destructive wildfires have occurred in the past 25 years, driven by decades of fire suppression, climate change, and continued development in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The 2025 Los Angeles fires alone took at least 31 lives and caused property and capital losses ranging from $95 billion to $164 billion. The …
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