So the guy doubles the budget then brings it down 10% and you post an article that suggests he cut it and didn't raise it by 90%?Some of you need serious help.
Gavin Newsom cut $100m from fire prevention budget before California fires
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.www.newsweek.com
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.
However overall, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)'s wildfire protection budget has increased sharply from $1.1 billion in 2014 to $3 billion in 2023, much of which took place after Newsom became governor in 2019.
Speaking to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Newsom said that under the governor's "leadership" the CAL FIRE budget had doubled from $2 billion in 2018-19 to $3.8 billion in 2024-25, whilst the department's personnel went from 5,829 to 10,741 over the same period.
So the guy DOUBLES the budget, then cuts 10% of the DOUBLED budget, and somehow he didn't fund it because its 190% bigger instead of 200%?
"Electric cars are leaching.." And the gas cars aren't?
Remember when the hurricanes were "directed at republican areas" a few months ago?
So either climate change is causing more frequent and more extreme events (fire, flood, hurricane) as has been predicted for the last century, OR every time one of these more frequent events happens its... Lets see:
- Directed energy weapons
- Weather machines
- DEI
- Climate Activists starting fires
- Whatever other silliness comes when the last ridiculousness is disproven...
Los Angeles Is Another DEI Catastrophe
- Thread starter Bucktee
- Start date
I do admit that blaming the race of the mayor of LA for fires across California is very creative.
He posted the right article.
He is saying the right are unfairly complaining.
From the article:
However overall, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)'s wildfire protection budget has increased sharply from $1.1 billion in 2014 to $3 billion in 2023, much of which took place after Newsom became governor in 2019.
Speaking to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Newsom said that under the governor's "leadership" the CAL FIRE budget had doubled from $2 billion in 2018-19 to $3.8 billion in 2024-25, whilst the department's personnel went from 5,829 to 10,741 over the same period.
Sounds like you need to eat some delicious deep fried smelts.
There's more money in blaming climate change than blaming incompetent people.
You can't fix stupid...but you sure can make a lot of money selling "green" projects.
California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
gavinnewsom.com
- FACT: The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly doubled since 2019 (from 5,829 to 10,741)
- FACT: CalFIRE’s budget has nearly doubled since 2019 ($2 Billion to $3.8 Billion)
- FACT: The budget for managing the forest (AKA “raking the forest”) is now TEN TIMES larger than it was when Governor Newsom took office. It was a $200 million annual budget in 2018. The state has now invested $2 billion, in addition to the $200 million annually.
- FACT: California dramatically ramped up state work to increase wildland and forest resilience, as well as adding unprecedented resources to support wildfire response. California officials treated more than 700,000 acres of land for wildfire resilience in 2023, and prescribed fires more than doubled between 2021 and 2023.
- this is an outlandish connection to make. The policy is not about water availability in Southern California.
- Broadly, there is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for 3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California also has an abundance, with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Water reservoirs in Southern California are at record levels. There is no shortage of water in Southern California.
- FACT: Wildland firefighters don’t use hydrants — they use water tenders. And that is what has been used to ensure continued water access. Three million gallons of water were stored in three large tanks for fire hydrants in the area before the Palisades fire, but the supply was exhausted because of the extraordinary nature of this hurricane-force firestorm.
- FACT: The Governor has called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir. While urban water systems are built for structure fires and fire suppression, not hurricane-force firestorms, it is important to understand what happened so we can be better prepared in the future.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — which serves 19 million people mostly with imported water — also has an abundance, “with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage,” (1 million acres of land with water that is 3.8 feet deep) according to Interim General Manager Deven Upadhyay, who issued a statement last week. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Reservoirs are full and water is available.
LIE: The water reservoirs in Southern California have been dry for 15-20 years.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump and JD Vance’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot. All state reservoirs are full and water is available.
- FACT: out-of-state fire trucks take part in. 15 minute safety & equipment inspection to ensure no issues with the vehicle. At the time of the original post, the Oregon firefighting teams were already in the Los Angeles area battling the blazes.
LIE: Firefighters are using women’s purses to fight fires.
- fACT: The LAFD uses canvas bags to fight small trash fires because they are more efficient to put out the fires as opposed to a long hose.
LIE: LAFD was so ill-equipped that it was recruiting the general public to fight wildfires
- FACT: California has over 15,000 firefighting and public safety officers on the ground battling these blazes and keeping impacted areas safe. There is no recruitment of the general public. https://x.com/PIOErikScott/status/1877876314293899430
LIE: The outbreak of one fire stemmed from a “satanic ritual” linked to a “creepy red-roof mansion that is straight out of a horror movie.”
- FACT: Public Safety officials are actively investigating the fires for arson. No fire stemmed from a satanic ritual.
California is using every available resource to fight the unprecedented wildfires impacting Southern California.
- 10,170 emergency personnel deployed
- 3,780 CalFire
- 2638 OES
- 1445 Caltrans
- 871 CDCR
- 836 CHP
- 855+ Guard (400 MP in LA County now)
- 1,059+ Fire Engines
- 143 water tenders (tanker trucks)
- 116 Dozers
- 52 Helicopters
- 9 Air Tankers
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Basically a 16-page thread about lies and nonsense culled from extreme MAGA bullshit twitter pages. Thanks to Mitch and Addy. 
California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
- FACT: The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly doubled since 2019 (from 5,829 to 10,741)
- FACT: CalFIRE’s budget has nearly doubled since 2019 ($2 Billion to $3.8 Billion)
- FACT: The budget for managing the forest (AKA “raking the forest”) is now TEN TIMES larger than it was when Governor Newsom took office. It was a $200 million annual budget in 2018. The state has now invested $2 billion, in addition to the $200 million annually.
- FACT: California dramatically ramped up state work to increase wildland and forest resilience, as well as adding unprecedented resources to support wildfire response. California officials treated more than 700,000 acres of land for wildfire resilience in 2023, and prescribed fires more than doubled between 2021 and 2023.
- this is an outlandish connection to make. The policy is not about water availability in Southern California.
- Broadly, there is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for 3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California also has an abundance, with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Water reservoirs in Southern California are at record levels. There is no shortage of water in Southern California.
- FACT: Wildland firefighters don’t use hydrants — they use water tenders. And that is what has been used to ensure continued water access. Three million gallons of water were stored in three large tanks for fire hydrants in the area before the Palisades fire, but the supply was exhausted because of the extraordinary nature of this hurricane-force firestorm.
- FACT: The Governor has called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir. While urban water systems are built for structure fires and fire suppression, not hurricane-force firestorms, it is important to understand what happened so we can be better prepared in the future.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — which serves 19 million people mostly with imported water — also has an abundance, “with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage,” (1 million acres of land with water that is 3.8 feet deep) according to Interim General Manager Deven Upadhyay, who issued a statement last week. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Reservoirs are full and water is available.
LIE: The water reservoirs in Southern California have been dry for 15-20 years.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump and JD Vance’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot. All state reservoirs are full and water is available.
- FACT: out-of-state fire trucks take part in. 15 minute safety & equipment inspection to ensure no issues with the vehicle. At the time of the original post, the Oregon firefighting teams were already in the Los Angeles area battling the blazes.
LIE: Firefighters are using women’s purses to fight fires.
- fACT: The LAFD uses canvas bags to fight small trash fires because they are more efficient to put out the fires as opposed to a long hose.
LIE: LAFD was so ill-equipped that it was recruiting the general public to fight wildfires
- FACT: California has over 15,000 firefighting and public safety officers on the ground battling these blazes and keeping impacted areas safe. There is no recruitment of the general public. https://x.com/PIOErikScott/status/1877876314293899430
LIE: The outbreak of one fire stemmed from a “satanic ritual” linked to a “creepy red-roof mansion that is straight out of a horror movie.”
- FACT: Public Safety officials are actively investigating the fires for arson. No fire stemmed from a satanic ritual.
California is using every available resource to fight the unprecedented wildfires impacting Southern California.
- 10,170 emergency personnel deployed
- 3,780 CalFire
- 2638 OES
- 1445 Caltrans
- 871 CDCR
- 836 CHP
- 855+ Guard (400 MP in LA County now)
- 1,059+ Fire Engines
- 143 water tenders (tanker trucks)
- 116 Dozers
- 52 Helicopters
- 9 Air Tankers
Just for your!!Basically a 16-page thread about lies and nonsense culled from extreme MAGA bullshit twitter pages. Thanks to Mitch and Addy.
Here from ABC news!
PS. You cant the truth!
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From ABC news.California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
- FACT: The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly doubled since 2019 (from 5,829 to 10,741)
- FACT: CalFIRE’s budget has nearly doubled since 2019 ($2 Billion to $3.8 Billion)
- FACT: The budget for managing the forest (AKA “raking the forest”) is now TEN TIMES larger than it was when Governor Newsom took office. It was a $200 million annual budget in 2018. The state has now invested $2 billion, in addition to the $200 million annually.
- FACT: California dramatically ramped up state work to increase wildland and forest resilience, as well as adding unprecedented resources to support wildfire response. California officials treated more than 700,000 acres of land for wildfire resilience in 2023, and prescribed fires more than doubled between 2021 and 2023.
- this is an outlandish connection to make. The policy is not about water availability in Southern California.
- Broadly, there is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for 3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California also has an abundance, with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Water reservoirs in Southern California are at record levels. There is no shortage of water in Southern California.
- FACT: Wildland firefighters don’t use hydrants — they use water tenders. And that is what has been used to ensure continued water access. Three million gallons of water were stored in three large tanks for fire hydrants in the area before the Palisades fire, but the supply was exhausted because of the extraordinary nature of this hurricane-force firestorm.
- FACT: The Governor has called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir. While urban water systems are built for structure fires and fire suppression, not hurricane-force firestorms, it is important to understand what happened so we can be better prepared in the future.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot.
- Orange County Water District, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts for3 to 5 years.
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — which serves 19 million people mostly with imported water — also has an abundance, “with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage,” (1 million acres of land with water that is 3.8 feet deep) according to Interim General Manager Deven Upadhyay, who issued a statement last week. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.
- FACT: Reservoirs are full and water is available.
LIE: The water reservoirs in Southern California have been dry for 15-20 years.
- FACT: There is no water shortage in Southern California right now, despite Trump and JD Vance’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot. All state reservoirs are full and water is available.
- FACT: out-of-state fire trucks take part in. 15 minute safety & equipment inspection to ensure no issues with the vehicle. At the time of the original post, the Oregon firefighting teams were already in the Los Angeles area battling the blazes.
LIE: Firefighters are using women’s purses to fight fires.
- fACT: The LAFD uses canvas bags to fight small trash fires because they are more efficient to put out the fires as opposed to a long hose.
LIE: LAFD was so ill-equipped that it was recruiting the general public to fight wildfires
- FACT: California has over 15,000 firefighting and public safety officers on the ground battling these blazes and keeping impacted areas safe. There is no recruitment of the general public. https://x.com/PIOErikScott/status/1877876314293899430
LIE: The outbreak of one fire stemmed from a “satanic ritual” linked to a “creepy red-roof mansion that is straight out of a horror movie.”
- FACT: Public Safety officials are actively investigating the fires for arson. No fire stemmed from a satanic ritual.
California is using every available resource to fight the unprecedented wildfires impacting Southern California.
- 10,170 emergency personnel deployed
- 3,780 CalFire
- 2638 OES
- 1445 Caltrans
- 871 CDCR
- 836 CHP
- 855+ Guard (400 MP in LA County now)
- 1,059+ Fire Engines
- 143 water tenders (tanker trucks)
- 116 Dozers
- 52 Helicopters
- 9 Air Tankers
LA County firefighters send extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine as war drags on
ByTony Cabrera
Friday, March 18, 2022
LA County firefighters send extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine as war drags on
Los Angeles County fire crews are sending some of their extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine who are facing supply shortages amid an ongoing war.
abc7.com
Newsom doing some awesome spin with this one,lol...Let's see what happens when he get challenged on it.From ABC news.
LA County firefighters send extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine as war drags on
ByTony Cabrera
Friday, March 18, 2022
LA County firefighters send extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine as war drags on
Los Angeles County fire crews are sending some of their extra equipment to first responders in Ukraine who are facing supply shortages amid an ongoing war.
