Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Gov. Newsom cut fire budget by $100M months before lethal California fires
Fox News ^ | January 10, 2025 | Alexandra Koch

Posted on 01/10/2025 8:52:57 PM PST by george76

California fire prevention took a hit the year before the fires, but the Newsom administration claims it boosted overall funding since assuming office in 2019

...

A review of last year's California state budget shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut funding for wildfire and forest resilience by more than $100 million.

The budget, signed in June and covering the 2024-25 fiscal year, eliminated $101 million from seven "wildfire and forest resilience" programs

...

The California fires, responsible for destroying more than 10,000 buildings in the Los Angeles area, are still not contained.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: budget; budgetcut; california; californiafires; caltastrophe; dereliction; fires; gavinnewsom; lafires; losangeles; newscum; newsom; wildfire; wildfires
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-50 next last

1 posted on 01/10/2025 8:52:57 PM PST by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

honestly it’s not even the amount so much as the management OF the amount.


2 posted on 01/10/2025 9:00:22 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
Well, I guess after the last 10 years, he thought California didn't need it.

(For those of you unfamiliar, wildfires have ravage California for the past 10 years, and more. I'm not even sure the current one is even in the top 5 of area burned.)

3 posted on 01/10/2025 9:02:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Sounds almost like this whole fiasco was...well....planned!!!


4 posted on 01/10/2025 9:18:14 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: lgjhn23

Like in Maui.


5 posted on 01/10/2025 9:32:50 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: george76

He owns this.

It will end him.


6 posted on 01/10/2025 9:33:18 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

I have VERY reliable sources that say Newsom is backtracking this ASAP.
He is in his own firestorm and the DNC is scared to death that the Hollywood money train may be over.


7 posted on 01/10/2025 9:34:02 PM PST by Zathras
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

*


8 posted on 01/10/2025 9:41:52 PM PST by Irish Eyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zathras

“He is in his own firestorm and the DNC is scared to death that the Hollywood money train may be over.”
_____________________________________

I don’t think he’s got much to worry about.

Unless the fire/s wipe out Hollywood, literally.

Actors and actresses are not too smart; just good at reading lines....


9 posted on 01/10/2025 9:43:32 PM PST by Notthereyet (Not There Yet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: bigbob

Yes, the Los Angeles mayor and the governor will resign. The LA fire chief saw the writing on the wall and threw the mayor under the bus in an attempt to deflect blame. It was the smart move at this point.


10 posted on 01/10/2025 10:12:31 PM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Zathras
He is in his own firestorm and the DNC is scared to death that the Hollywood money train may be over.

They will blame Gavin Newsom. They may demand that he resigns from his job. If George Clooney says he has to go, then he knows he'll have to pack his bags and leave Sacramento and return to one of his wineries in Napa Valley.

11 posted on 01/10/2025 10:18:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: george76
The Los Angeles Homosexual Chorus needed the money. True.

12 posted on 01/10/2025 10:48:52 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

As the only white male in the fiasco, he’ll be the scapegoat if they can’t blame Trump.


13 posted on 01/11/2025 1:45:02 AM PST by Shqipo (Make America America Again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Just asking the super dumb question. If these are the same people yelling at us about climate change and by their own theories fires would become MORE PREVALENT, why were they not just preparing but instead cutting fire protective measures. If planning for the worst as a climate change ideologue why is the most important line in the budget being cut!!! There is no excuse, none. Climate Change folks have no excuse for this level of incompetence, you are the ones lecturing us about these very hazards and concerns.


14 posted on 01/11/2025 2:06:02 AM PST by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: george76

Holy sh*t! And didn’t he last year sign something giving illegals free healthcare?


15 posted on 01/11/2025 2:21:34 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76
Meanwhile, Mrs Newsom has been busy, hasn't she...

FOX NEWS BLOCKS MEGS FACE

16 posted on 01/11/2025 2:25:32 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Judging by the salaries paid to the top lesbian firefighters, they’re not doing so well.


17 posted on 01/11/2025 2:26:03 AM PST by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76

One wonders if this wasn’t a planned event...
https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/4/arguments-rebuttals.htm

The Nature Conservancy was very suppotive of prop 4 and the 30x30 plan! Which is criminal coming from my southern Ohio perspective. ALL my traditional hunting areas are now impenetrable brush some 10 feet tall or more. It certainly doesn’t take a firefighter to project what is to happen. Wildfires...

They have some fancy words for their activities. Riparian corridor, which means to take lands associated with every stream, creek, or river in Ohio. Their very own maps reveal their activities. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources once catered to Hunters and Fishermen, not any more. Guess who their “partners” are now. “Back to nature” is the new buzz word. Check out their map of Maui for confirmation.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/california/stories-in-california/climate-change-resilience/


18 posted on 01/11/2025 3:15:45 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Greasy Gavin is gonna burn


19 posted on 01/11/2025 3:36:42 AM PST by Third Person
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OftheOhio

“We’re working with the Paradise Rec and Park District to design an open space buffer for the new city plan that will reduce wildfire risk by nearly 70%.”

Sounds like Newscum has his very own partners too. Don’t fall for it, Trump.


20 posted on 01/11/2025 3:40:22 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-50 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson