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EXCERPT:SNIPWildfire Protection Base Budget and E‑FundMost of CalFire’s Budget Supports Wildfire Protection. Most of CalFire’s budget—roughly $3.3 billion out of a total budget of $3.8 billion in 2022‑23—funds wildfire protection and suppression (also referred to as wildfire response or firefighting). The remaining funding supports other department responsibilities such as wildfire prevention and resource management activities aimed at improving forest health. As discussed in further detail below, CalFire’s wildfire protection budget has two components—a base amount and the E‑Fund, which is an amount budgeted for emergency fire protection.Base Budget Intended to Pay for Day‑to‑Day Fire Protection Costs. CalFire’s base wildfire protection...

Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation. Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding ‘mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought (breaking the chains of ‘group-think’), but, more...