Assembly Speaker: What to do on Fire Prone Areas | NewsConference | NBCLA

If you live in California, there is no doubt you saw the impact of the wildfires…the bad air, red skies, the burnt smell. What to do about hundreds of thousands of homes that are built and re-built in fire prone areas? And are we doing enough to manage our forests? California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) talks with NBC4’s Conan Nolan about a number of bills that failed to win passage in this legislative session including a wildfire appropriation to help fund home hardening efforts and the clearing out of forest underbrush. ——— Don’t miss an NBCLA video, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/2NnofFF For more, visit NBCLA.COM here: https://bit.ly/2uB6niE On Facebook: https://bit.ly/2uFU1px On Twitter: https://bit.ly/2JsBm5Y About NBCLA The West Coast flagship station of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, serving the vast region since 1949. NBC4 produces 43 hours each week of local news and weather, and the station features the largest award-winning investigative unit in Southern California. NBC4’s news operation has received nearly every industry award bestowed on local news, including numerous Los Angeles Emmy and Golden Mike Awards, two national and two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and a Peabody Award. NBC4 news is delivered across the main broadcast on channel4, at www.nbcla.com, and through multiple interactive social media platforms 24/7. The NBC Owned Television Stations, a division of NBCUniversal, also operates COZI TV (www.cozitv.com), a national network that brings viewers some of America’s most beloved and iconic television shows and movies. #NBC #NBCLA