Across the West, there's a contentious debate playing out over how to adapt homes and neighborhoods to this era of increasingly extreme wildfire risk. In Berkeley, California, it's become a particularly emotional fight because of a very specific architectural history that began all the way back in the 1890s. Emmett Fitzgerald reports on the new rules about what plants you can grow around your house.Check out our previous episode on defensible space: <a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-to-burn/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Built to Burn</a>
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