[biztos]

Does California need to do this, or the Federal government?

Where I'm from in NorCal it's all National Forest except for the parts that are private land.

A quick search indicates that some 58% of California forest is managed by the Feds and about 3% by the state.

So -- in addition to PG&E being at fault, shouldn't we be talking about Washington more than Sacramento here?

[bsagdiyev]

California, federal had tried to do controlled burns and was rebuked at local air boards.

[yostrovs]

Which parts are burning? The federal or state?

[biztos]

AFAICT both, with more of it being federal. I also think it matters (in terms of response) where the fire starts.