CA Gov cut $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs.

Incredible. My gosh. 😒🥺😩😡 The government's number one priority is to keep us all safe from harm foreign and domestic. I would like to have the $3 billion budget audited to see how that money was spent. I bet you it went to Social Justice, Climate Change policies. Because he claims it went to increase the number of firefighters and the LA Fire Chief said her budget was cut and we don't have enough firefighters AND the fire hydrants are not being inspected, repaired and filled. Neither are the fire trucks.

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Newsweek, 1/10/25: The 2024-25 California state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in June 2024, slashed funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million as part of a series of cutbacks according to an analysis by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office.

What To Know

An analysis of California's 2024 Budget Bill, which covers its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office concluded it slashed $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs.

The California Analyst's Office is an impartial body that analyses the economic impact of proposed laws and is overseen by the state legislature's Legislative Budget Committee.

Cuts included a reduction of $5 million in spending on CAL FIRE fuel reduction teams, including funds used to pay for vegetation management work by the California National Guard. This left the total available for this scheme at $129 million.

An additional $4 million was removed from a forest legacy program aimed at encouraging good management practices from landowners whilst $28 million was slashed from funds provided to multiple state conservancies to increase wildfire resilience.