Director Lucy Walker’s new documentary, “Bring Your Own Brigade,” examines the Camp and Woolsey fires in 2018 against the backdrop of worsening wildfire problems worldwide caused in part by global climate change. Seen here is an image from the film. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a Climate Action Plan for LA County on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Other supervisors echoed Barger’s thoughts, saying the real teeth in the plan would come when individual ordinances for energy, housing projects and transportation wend through the county system, a process that could take years. The plan itself will be back before the Board in a few weeks for a second reading.
If developers check off items on a green check list, such as reducing emissions from fossil fuels for heating and cooling a building, or adding rooftop solar energy, the development can be streamlined and go from planning to construction much more quickly, county officials explained. • Reduce single-occupancy car trips by adding walkways and bikeways to-and-from public transit stops and adding more housing that connects to jobs and servicesEnvironmental groups supported the new plan and wanted mandated requirements.
Climate change has resulted in more intense wildfires that have expanded fire season to year-round, according to the county. Also, wetter storms in the last few years have produced local flooding and caused dangerous landslides.