{"id":2389158,"date":"2025-01-11T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-7-months-before-fires-gavin-newsom-cut-101-million-in-forest-wildfire-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:30:50","slug":"just-7-months-before-fires-gavin-newsom-cut-101-million-in-forest-wildfire-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-7-months-before-fires-gavin-newsom-cut-101-million-in-forest-wildfire-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Just 7 Months Before Fires, Gavin Newsom Cut $101 Million in Forest Wildfire Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjust-7-months-before-fires-gavin-newsom-cut-101-million-in-forest-wildfire-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent report highlights significant budget\u200b cuts made<\/a>\u2064 by California \u200cGovernor Gavin Newsom to wildfire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-proposes-536m-wildfire-prevention-plan\/\" title=\"Calif. proposes 6M wildfire prevention plan\">forest resilience<\/a> programs, totaling \u2062$101 \u200dmillion, shortly before devastating\u200d fires erupted near Los Angeles. \u2064These cuts included reductions in vegetation control, funding for wildfire resilience projects, and support for fire monitoring \u200dand research. His interaction director defended the governor, stating that overall firefighting efforts and budgets have increased since he took office. However, critics, including President-elect Donald Trump, have accused Newsom of gross incompetence \u2064in handling the crisis.\u2064 Despite these\u200c claims, Newsom remains in office until 2027,\u200d having been\u2063 re-elected in 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut spending on wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million seven months before fires began to rage around Los Angeles, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>And his director of communications wasn&rsquo;t happy to see the information published.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has come under fire from President-elect Donald Trump for his handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mask-slipping-dems-losing-hollywood-disastrous-response-california-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground. It&rsquo;s ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113796555731896970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In another <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113798400418762415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  post, Trump slammed Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as well as President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Federal Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gross incompetence by Gavin Newscum and Karen Bass&hellip;.And Biden&rsquo;s FEMA has no money &mdash; all wasted on the Green New Scam! L.A. is a total wipeout!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Helicopters fight flames as the Palisades fire engulfs Santa Monica Mountains, destroying 10,000 structures, displacing thousands, and spreading over an area larger than San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9wncfsUow\">https:\/\/t.co\/B9wncfsUow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ND6tqpI1cy\">pic.twitter.com\/ND6tqpI1cy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1878099842699866492?\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/gavin-newsom-cut-100m-fire-prevention-budget-before-california-fires-2012980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, citing information from the state&rsquo;s Legislative Analyst&rsquo;s Office, has revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wildfire-victim-catches-gavin-newsom-off-guard-raises-pressure-first-question-staggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a> cut various wildfire programs in the current California budget for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cuts Newsweek reported in the budget Newsom signed in June:<\/p>\n<p>Newsom took $5 million away from the department&rsquo;s vegetation control performed by the California National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies that promote wildfire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bizarre-somehow-henry-winkler-was-ahead-of-the-la-fire-dept-when-it-came-to-potential-fire-cause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resilience<\/a> lost $28 million in the budget line that funds their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>A program to encourage good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">forest management<\/a> practices was cut by $4 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A satellite image shows the Eaton wildfire around nearly every building in western Altadena on fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CcLb0Q2G7I\">pic.twitter.com\/CcLb0Q2G7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rainmaker1973\/status\/1877404938105479556?\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A pilot project to make homes more resilient to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/1-day-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-fire-dept-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires<\/a> took a $12 million cut.<\/p>\n<p>Funds to monitor fires and promote research were sliced by $8 million, Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom also cut funds for an interagency data hub for forest management by $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Newsweek report said that Cal Fire spending had risen from $1.1 billion in 2014 to $3 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the victims of the LA wildfires had gone back to his home that was completely burn and the only thing that survived was the Holy Bible &#128558; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MxrAxSbr6I\">pic.twitter.com\/MxrAxSbr6I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#640;&#618;&#7428;&#668;&#618;&#7431; (@RichieRichR7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichieRichR7\/status\/1877821159015620999?\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Izzy Gardon, Newsom&rsquo;s director of communications, defended the governor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gov-newsom-cut-fire-budget-100m-months-lethal-california-fires?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. Gardon called reporting on the cuts a &ldquo;ridiculous lie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The governor has doubled the size of our firefighting army, built the world&rsquo;s largest aerial firefighting fleet and the state has increased the forest management ten-fold since he took office,&rdquo; Gardon said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Facts matter,&rdquo; Gardon said.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Fox, Gardon&rsquo;s &ldquo;office attached statistics that refer to the overall increase in spending and personnel over a number of years since he took office in 2019, as opposed to commenting on the most recent cuts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, who was re-elected in 2022, is term-limited to leave office in 2027.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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His communications director expressed dissatisfaction with the release of this information. Newsom has faced criticism from President-elect Donald Trump regarding his management of the crisis, with Trump stating that &#8220;one of the best and most beautiful parts of America is burning down&#8221; and calling for Newsom&#8217;s resignation, blaming him for the situation. In another post, Trump criticized both Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, as well as President Biden\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). <\/p>\n<p>A report from Newsweek highlighted cuts made by Newsom in various wildfire programs within California&#8217;s budget for Cal Fire. These included a $5 million reduction in vegetation control efforts by the California National Guard, a loss of $28 million for agencies focused on wildfire resilience, a $4 million cut to a program promoting good forest management practices, and reductions totaling $12 million from a pilot project aimed at enhancing home resilience against wildfires. Additionally, funds allocated for fire monitoring and research were decreased by $8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these cuts, it was noted that Cal Fire&#8217;s budget had increased significantly over recent years\u2014from $1.1 billion in 2014 to $3 billion in 2023. Izzy Gardon defended Governor Newsom against claims about these cuts by asserting that he has expanded firefighting resources significantly since taking office in 2019; however, critics pointed out that Gardon&#8217;s statistics referred to overall spending increases rather than addressing recent budget reductions directly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/newsom-sbs-fires-for-jan.-11-2025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38037,46519,48327,32742,39446],"class_list":["post-2389158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget-cuts","tag-california-wildfires","tag-forest-funding","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-wildfire-prevention"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/newsom-sbs-fires-for-jan.-11-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389162,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389158\/revisions\/2389162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}