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Malthusian politics, for instance artificially creating water shortages via unnecessary regulations, seem to have a long history in CA, and I believe besides Chinatown other Hollywood movies also depicted this practice. I can think of a few and have to look up the titles. I don't know whether free masonry was mentioned in Chinatown, but rest assured most of the key players in setting up the rules and regulations, which allow this fires to happen, are tied into the masons.