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To the editor : When it comes to building in wildfire zones, California seems content with the status quo. County and city governments are signing off on new homes in fire danger zones at a dizzying pace, without proper evacuation planning or home-hardening resources.

An analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity, where I work, found that, since 2021, local officials have approved at least 61,000 homes in areas designated by the state as “very high fire hazard severity zones.” This “build now, deal with it later” approach is no way to house Californians, especially with the warnings from Topanga.

Residents there were told that when another wildfire comes barreling through, th

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