From the Pacific Palisades to Pasadena, the beachside Eden on Earth of Los Angeles County is burning to the ground. In less than one day, more than 80,000 Californians have been evacuated, multiple injured, and at least two dead. With more than 4,000 acres of some of the nation’s most valuable property up in flames, the Southern California wildfires could prove one of the most deadly disasters in American history.

But the tragedy is no natural disaster, act of God, or shock from the sky. It’s rather an obvious and unavoidable product of failed government policy, beginning with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on down.