Katie Hill: “We are an independent branch of government, and it is time we start acting like it.”

In fact, the past two seasons, 2017 and 2018, were the two deadliest wildfire seasons in U.S. history.

I actually used to be more on your side of things. I was the executive director of a large homeless services organization, and oversaw one of the only harm reduction facilities for veterans experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

I appreciate my colleague's commitment to science. And I would urge us to ensure that those who are funding the science are indeed objective.

What I saw over and over again was the number of people who needed that kind of help so far exceeded the capacity that we had, and that any program had.