they're both right in a way, there are two problems. first, landslides: > plants hold earth together > plants are all burned, bye bye > rain comes, it's starting now > washes away all the dirt > foundations fall down the hill into the gulley onto other houses the obvious solution is for any soils engineer (socal has many, my dad is a contractor for them) go around for a few hours and identify zones that are at risk of caving in on peoples' heads if they go back and try to clean it out. those people should wait. i say they should be allowed to go at their own peril, bass would probably disagree. the other, bigger problem is the city is run by a fucking brown woman and no amount of good advice will change that.
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