Can fire hazard put Tejon Ranch project at risk?
LOS ANGELES - A long-debated development in a remote, uninhabited part of Los Angeles County could be vulnerable to dangerous wildfires of the type California has seen in recent months, prompting concerns about the safety of building there.
The Centennial development at Tejon Ranch would sit squarely within "high" and "very high" fire hazard severity zones as defined by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From 1964 to 2015, Cal Fire recorded 31 wildfires larger than 100 acres within five miles of Centennial, including four within the project's boundaries, according to county planning documents.
Given those facts and the recent devastation of the Camp and Woolsey fires, some say the model that has long characterized development in Southern California - communities sprawling farther and farther into wildland - is no longer sustainable.
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