On this episode of Inside the Issues we take a look at the future of Southern California’s wildfires, the role that utility companies play and how communities are working to prevent the blazes.

Severin Borenstein, Faculty Director of the Energy Institute Berkeley Haas and Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, talks about how utility companies are trying to get ahead of the fires and how planned shutoffs are playing into their plan.

Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, Char Miller, talks about development in remote places that increases the risk of wildfires and why we shouldn’t build in what’s knows at the Wildland Urban Interface. Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl expands on a report that looked at the Woolsey Fire and how it could have been handled differently.

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