{"id":30245,"date":"2025-01-11T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T10:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/gov-newsom-cut-fire-budget-by-100m-months-before-lethal-california-fires\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T10:33:14","slug":"gov-newsom-cut-fire-budget-by-100m-months-before-lethal-california-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/gov-newsom-cut-fire-budget-by-100m-months-before-lethal-california-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Newsom cut fire budget by $100M months before lethal California fires"},"content":{"rendered":"

A review of last year’s California state budget shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million.<\/p>\n

The budget<\/a>, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven “wildfire and forest resilience” programs, according to a report from Newsweek.<\/p>\n

The California fires, responsible for destroying more than 10,000 buildings in the Los Angeles<\/u><\/a> area, are still not contained.<\/p>\n

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES DEVASTATE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, KILLING 5 AND THREATENING THOUSANDS OF HOMES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cal Fire had a $5 million reduction in spending on fuel reduction teams, including funds used to pay for vegetation management work by the California National Guard<\/a>, the report noted.<\/p>\n

LA FIRE SOUNDED ALARM ON BUDGET CUTS IMPACTING WILDFIRE RESPONSE: MEMO<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Other changes:<\/p>\n

Newsom’s director of communications, Izzy Gardon, called the budget cuts a “ridiculous lie,” in a statement to Fox News Digital Friday night.<\/p>\n

ESSENTIAL PHONE NUMBERS FOR LOS ANGELES-AREA RESIDENTS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The governor has doubled the size of our firefighting army, built the world\u2019s largest aerial firefighting fleet and the state has increased the forest management ten-fold since he took office,” she wrote. “Facts matter.”<\/p>\n

His office attached statistics that refer to the overall increase in spending and personnel over a number of years since he took office in 2019, as opposed to commenting on the most recent cuts.<\/p>\n

Cal Fire did not immediately respond to a request for comment as of 8 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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