Reports surfaced on Friday that Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was going to be fired after Crowley officially blamed Bass in an exam. Only a day later, on Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom appeared to put both under the vehicle during an appearance on Pod Save America, claiming that he “wasn’t getting immediately solutions” and “was getting distinct responses” from L. A. officers on water shortages. It is obvious that those in charge are more focused on shifting responsible than accepting responsibility for this crisis.
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As you know, Newsom is far from innocent. California’s broader flames and waters management guidelines also share important responsibility. The state has long been criticized for its archaic water storage infrastructure and unsatisfactory wildfire prevention efforts. Former US President Donald Trump has consistently emphasized the need for better jungle management, such as clearing explosive brush and expanding water storage through innovative reservoirs. However, his useful solutions received opposition from state and environmental organizations because they placed natural concerns before human safety.
” One of the best and most beautiful parts of America is destroying everything.” It’s remains, and Gavin Newscum if retire”, Trump said in a blog on Truth Social. ” This is all his fault!! “!
In addition, it turns out that Newsom cut more than$ 100 million from funding for wildfire prevention in the current fiscal year’s budget.
An examination of California’s 2024 Budget Bill, which covers its resources for the 2024-25 governmental time, by the state’s Congressional Analyst’s Office concluded it slashed$ 101 million from seven “wildfire and forest endurance” programs.
The Legislative Budget Committee of the state legislature is the only figure with the authority to examine the financial impact of proposed laws.
Cost reductions included a$ 5 million decline in CAL FIRE fuel reduction groups, as well as money used to pay for the California National Guard’s work on vegetation management. This left the total available for this scheme at$ 129 million.
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A forest legacy program that urged landowners to adopt better management practices received a further$ 4 million, and a$ 28 million was cut from funding for several state conservancies that aimed to increase wildfire resilience. The monitoring and research budgets, which had primarily been allocated to CAL FIRE and California universities, were reduced by an additional$ 8 million. Furthermore,$ 3 million was removed from money for an interagency forest information gateway. Funding for a home strengthening pilot programme, intended to make properties more adaptable to fire, was also reduced by$ 12 million.
Newsom’s office pushed up on the claims, pointing out that total, light safety funding has increased since he became chancellor.
Newsom’s chairman of contacts, Izzy Gardon, called the budget cuts a “ridiculous lie”, in a statement to Fox News Digital Friday evening.
Since taking office, the government has tenfold increased forest management, the governor wrote, and the governor has built the largest flying firefighting fleet in the world. ” Information problem”.
His company attached statistics that show the general increase in spending and officers since he took department in 2019, as opposed to making comments on the most recent reductions.
A Fox News review of the present state budget showed that the state earmarked$ 3.79 billion and 10, 742 people for fire safety, a steep increase from the 2018-2019 funds, which allocated only over$ 2 billion and 5, 829 people for fire safety.
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Obviously, some California people aren’t willing to allow Newsom off the hook for the lack of planning.
