Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.
Online posts, citing a January 10 Newsweek article, claim Newsom cut $101m in fire prevention funding. Is this true?
Just over $100 million was cut from California's wildfire and forest resilience fund in the latest budget, though total spending has grown sharply since 2014.
Reduction to an extra sum for fire resilience drew outrage while the general fund for fire prevention continues to swell ...
explaining that he was being briefed by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on the disaster. Gavin Newsom has arrived for the photo op of him watching his state burn to ...
Gavin Newsom (D-CA) rebutted multiple ... that the California state budget cut funding to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) by $100 million.
At least 29 people were killed in the two fires that scorched thousands of acres and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new executive order Tuesday morning intended to cut “bureaucratic red tape” to help Southern ...