California is often portrayed as a sunny and carefree paradise, where the rich and famous frolic, unabashed, through the rolling hills of Tinsel Town and beyond.

But years of Democratic leadership have taken their toll.  In cities such as San Francisco, human excrement litters the streets thanks to the unwillingness of virtue-signaling councilmen to take a hard stance against the city’s rampant homelessness problem.

Now, after decades of what the President had previously described as ecological mismanagement, The Golden State is suffering from a number of unconfined wildfires that have been documented by citizens and journalists alike on social media.

The footage was simply terrifying.

Harrowing footage gives a close-up view of wildfire that broke out near I-80 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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California Gov. Newsom has declared a statewide emergency due to "high-wind events which have resulted in fires and evacuations across the state." https://t.co/Wqoh7Cyi12 pic.twitter.com/WR1VDuNuGK

— ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2019

PG&E admitted its power lines sparked wildfires in Northern California, even though it shut off power for about 500K people to prevent that from happening.

Its power lines also caused 2018's Camp Fire that killed 85 people. pic.twitter.com/eLe0avTswB

— AJ+ (@ajplus) October 25, 2019

BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a statewide emergency as wildfires drive 200,000 people from their homes. https://t.co/ihJpLi4PZj

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 27, 2019

Wildfires are burning out of control across northern and southern California. @WmBrangham has the latest. pic.twitter.com/pMdKtennoT

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) October 25, 2019

A photographer takes a photo amidst a shower of embers as wind and flames rip through the area during the #KincadeFire near Geyserville, California. Right on cue, Northern California has plunged back into wildfire hell. https://t.co/CJIMYdULXX
📸 Josh Edelson/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/aLt60A93WV

— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) October 25, 2019

We can only hope and pray that our fellow Americans in California are staying safe.