Laws protecting endangered plants are now endangering lives and property

Earlier this month, the outgoing chief of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District wrote a blistering letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Department of Parks and Recreation Director Armando Quintero.

“Governor Newsom, this letter is a direct request for your intervention,” Chief Paige Meyer wrote.

The fire chief asked for immediate executive action to address wildfire risk after the California State Parks largely blocked a life-saving wildfire mitigation program. The fire district developed and funded a “comprehensive...