Eric Horne

Opinion by ERIC HORNE posted 02.02.2026 Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy or politics. Please read our guidelines for opinion pieces before submitting an Op-Ed. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered for publication. OPINION – Just a year ago, Los Angeles watched neighborhoods burn, skies fill with smoke, and families flee with minutes to spare, including members of my own family.

Photo source: Government Accountability Office¹ Establishing a National Wildland Firefighting Service Eric Horne · Follow 15 min read · -- By Eric Horne, National Policy Director, Megafire Action Wildfires know no boundaries; but for decades, federal wildland fire management has been constrained by an outdated, fragmented structure that divides decision making between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI).

Although ethics is undoubtedly at the core of what it means to be a public accountant, there has long been dispute and divergence about how to ensure that new entrants to the profession possess the requisite ethical training to be licensed as CPAs. Recent efforts to codify ethics requirements in professional education, examination, and experience have differed state by state, hampering the mobility of young professionals.