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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1877783387076956492

How about disaster prevention additions? Increased budget for lafd, or has the budget been cut......

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I said California, and you are changing the scope. But yeah, that was a bad move to take money from the FD.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago

Well the scope for California is the same...

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-cut-100m-fire-prevention-budget-before-california-fires-2012980

"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"