https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-wildfires-pacific-palisades-california-rules?skip=1

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This evidence includes text messages that appear to show California State Parks employees seeking to limit the impact of fire suppression to protect endangered plants; an unreleased agency document stating that the park’s preferred policy is to let the area burn in a wildfire event; and secret maps that attempt to constrain firefighting operations in certain areas of the park—even adjacent to densely populated areas—to protect “sensitive natural and cultural resources” like endangered plants and Native American archaeological sites. It also includes allegations that state employees failed to monitor the smoldering burn scar in the days before the January 7 conflagration, despite nearly half a century of accumulated vegetation and forecasters issuing their direst warnings.

Other messages show State Parks employees coordinating to limit impacts of firefighting operations. “There is federally endangered astragalus along Temescal fire road,” one official texted. “Would be nice to avoid cutting it if possible. Do you have avoidance maps?” The official added: “I have a couple of READs on standby. I’ll wait to deploy them until you get on scene and assess the situation. . . . Definitely will want to send them down if heavy equipment arrives.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815611&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49550956)