There have been wildfires and mudslides in California every year for as long as I can remember, and that is decades. If the wildfires are getting more frequent, maybe it is because arson or carelessness have become more frequent.
Actually, the more frequent fires are directly due to the EnviroNazis refusing to allow the Parks Department to clear out undergrowth and dead trees... aka perfect tinder for wildfires. As is always the case, Liberals scream about the problems that they have created with their own insane policies.
My first year at UCSB in 1964 featured a huge fire in the Santa Ynez mountains. No doubt caused by climate change as well. The rainy season for SoCal has always been the winter. Growing up ‘normal’ was green in the winter time and come spring everything would turn brown, which was the hill side color until winter. Big fires followed by heavy rain = mudslides. They don’t like to say it, but several recent big fires were set, either accidentally or on purpose, by politically protected people—either homeless or illegal aliens.
In another environmental area, the Santa Barbara beaches were always covered with tar, long before the oil spill in the late 60s. So much so that our dorm showers had kerosene available to wash our feet.