While unfortunately true, it's also a dangerous practice. Fire history has shown that a fire within a VHFS zone is likely to spread quickly and become a threat to nearby homes. These fires are also difficult to extinguish, and require an increased fire suppression response. Remember that Oakland has a VHFS zone, and a fire consumed the majority of structures in the zone. The higher you go, the longer it will take the fire engines to reach you.
Roads become steep and narrow and water supply becomes more difficult.
All this makes it harder to protect homes in a VHFS zone. To think that we can build a home atop a hill then hide it behind combustible vegetation and trees is a foolish idea. If this is the last place we have to build, then we should stop. We already know that we don't have the freeway, sewer, water, parks, schools or electricity systems to support it. The recent attacks on the character and integrity of Sonoma Deputy District Attorney Carla Claeys are very unfair.