It's Mass Immigration That Makes California A Tinderbox By Linda Thom

In Santa Barbara, California, on June 27, 1990, I left my office just after five o’clock to go to a nearby building for labor negotiations. The Santa Ana winds blew so strongly that I could not stand straight. And it was hot—over 100 degrees.

I checked the sky for smoke and saw none. Earlier in the day, the county transfer-station (a.k.a. dump) caught on fire. My boss, the County Administrator, told staff to stay alert because we might have to go to emergency operations.

As I lived in a high-fire-danger area in the foothills west of Santa Barbara, I was a bit concerned about being behind closed doors in negotiations.  Seeing no smoke, I thought that I would simply check on things during breaks.

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