Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention?
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.
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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.
Newsom Cut Some Fire Prevention Funding Before 2025 LA Wildfires, But It's Complicated
Reduction to an extra sum for fire resilience drew outrage while the general fund for fire prevention continues to swell ...
Gov. Newsom cut fire budget by $100M months before lethal California fires: report
A review of California Gov. Newsom's budget cuts shows fire prevention funding was reduced substantially just months before ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted for ‘photo op’ at Palisades Fire
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 the ...
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Claims California Gov. Gavin Newsom thwarted Elon Musk’s help amid fires are unfounded
"Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated Starlinks," a Jan. 15 Instagram post said over the video of a narrator echoing ...
Washington Examiner21d
Newsom goes on offense after LA fire management criticism
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.
California Wildfire Updates: Hughes Fire 100% Contained As Palisades, Eaton Fires Near Full Containment
Friday, 11:00 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 98% containment and the Eaton Fire at 99% containment.