Publication: The New York Times 

UCLA Expert: Stephanie Pincetl: Founding Director and Professor, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA; Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability 

Synopsis: A luxury development planned for construction in a fire evacuation zone was halted by a California judge. The New York Times reports on the story and what this example signifies for future development plans at the interface between nature and human civilization. 

UCLA News: Pincetl comments on what this moment means for the future. “We’re at a kind of inflection point between the legacy of the 20th century and the imperatives of the 21st century. No, you can’t just develop whatever you want to because you want to — that’s over. There’s no accountability in that over the long term.” 

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