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So they moved to North Carolina lol. The text acknowledges this but I feel climate refuges are somewhat of a myth.
Also, there are many neighborhoods in LA that are much safer from wildfires. You have to evaluate your risk in a more granular way.
It might also be possible to construct our houses to make them much more fire resilient. I haven’t seen the details but I’ve heard that Australia made some big changes to their design standards in recent years but California has not.
My favorite is "cellulose insulation" used in attics. It's basically literally shredded magazines. So you have this fire-starting material chilling in your attic waiting to turn your roof into the Statue of Liberty's torch. Attics has soffit vents to let the fire motes in, and Bob's your uncle. Foam stuff isn't much better. Fire resistant material like fiberglass should be mandatory.
Cellulose insulation is usually treated to be fire resistant, meaning it will not spread the flame.
Unfortunately I don't think this is a mandatory treatment.