Maybe. But most fires in the California coast are human caused. Today, lightning is extremely rare.

Furthermore, be careful extending this train of thought to other biomes. My understanding of California chaparral is it's evolved to survive fire, but if it happens too often the biome disappears and turns into grassland. Some of the plants take decades of recovery before they are capable of fruiting.

Just because a species has evolved to survive fire doesn't necessarily mean it needs it.