Helping Angelenos navigate the expanding urban fire zones.
Los Angeles Homeowner & Resident Organizations Reject Proposed Zone 0 Regulation
Urge the Board of Forestry to adopt science-based, locally informed fire-safety policy that reflects urban fire risk .
City yards are not forests.
We’ve been told that clearing plants from around our homes will save them from burning. We’ve been told that treating our yards like timberlands equals safety.
It doesn’t.
Not in the fires we actually experience. Not in the neighborhoods that actually burn.
Because once fire enters an urban community, it’s no longer a wildfire.
It’s homes burning homes.
“These are fires driven by buildings.
They’re not necessarily driven by vegetation.”
New Research: The 2025 Los Angeles Fires
A groundbreaking study of the Eaton and Palisades Fires found that urban form, structure density, and neighborhood characteristics were often stronger predictors of destruction than vegetation cover alone.
This is where wildfire science, policy, and industry narratives get pulled apart - using evidence, not slogans. Start Here