Trump Is Threatening California in the Wrong Way

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : States generally do not require such steps.
43% : If Trump wants California to mend its ways before receiving federal disaster relief, he could make some reasonable requests: The state should stop encouraging suburban sprawl in fire-prone areas, for example, and start pushing property owners to take more precautions.
42% : No, it isn't, but Trump is setting back the cause of reform.
41% : Trump is reportedly convinced that he would have won the state if it had such a law, but that has nothing to do with fire safety.
40% : After Donald Trump visited the Los Angeles area late last month to observe the damage from recent fires, he made a nakedly political demand: As a condition of releasing federal aid to stricken areas, he wants California to make voters show ID at the polls.
39% : M. Nolan Gray: How well-intentioned policies fueled L.A.'s fires State governments typically manage the aftermath of natural disasters; when they are overwhelmed, they appeal to Washington for additional money.

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