Finding F2
Enforcement of those ordinances would have prevented death and destruction from the Esparto fireworks explosion.
Jury report: Esparto Fireworks Explosion: Officials Knew, None Acted · PDF page 22
Permanent linkOfficial response
Yolo County respondents (Board of Supervisors, County Administrative Officer, County Counsel and Director of Community Services)
Disagrees that County enforcement would necessarily have prevented the deaths.
Read official response · PDF page 4Pages 4–7 identify disputed causation, the 2022 visit, representations about agricultural use, agency jurisdiction and later criminal allegations. This is a specific whole disagreement. Indictments are not convictions, and neither competing account independently establishes causation.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.