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Los Angeles Fires Waking Up More California Residents

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Los Angeles Fires Waking Up More California Residents
A firefighter fights the flames from the Palisades Fire while it burns homes at Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm in Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2025. Apu Gomes/Getty Images
John Moorlach
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It was an observation made to me by the former mayor of Costa Mesa, Steve Mensinger, that got me thinking. He mentioned that when he remodeled his home, he installed a backup generator and hooked it up to the existing natural gas line. That way, he wouldn’t have to run to the gas station to purchase cans of fuel for a gasoline- or diesel-powered generator.

John Moorlach
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.