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West Valley may build new homes in risky fire zones

Mar 30, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    14% Somewhat Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

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-31% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Mitigation measures include fire-resistant construction materials and defensible space, which creates a buffer between the project and surrounding vegetation to slow the spread of fire.
44% : Some of the proposed projects in the very high risk zone are using builder's remedy, a state law exempting developers from local zoning standards enacted when municipalities are late earning state approval on mandated housing plans.
43% : Kurt Anderson, principal at Anderson Architects which is working on the plans for 101 S. Santa Cruz Ave., said his firm follows the wildland urban interface building code requiring developers to reduce wildfire risk.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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