There is an arrogance borne of entitlement that rolls off California liberals like the rest of us shed skin cells. The inept response to the fires was less intentional than it is evidence of hubris that nothing bad will happen to these people.
What I find sketchy is not only the intensity of the fires that reminds me of Maui, but what caused them, and how they spread.
IMO terrorism shouldn't be ruled out. Los Angeles County is the largest county economy in the US.