California designates $536 million for wildfire prevention
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the state legislature announced plans Thursday to designate $536 million to bolster the state s efforts to combat wildfires. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
April 8 (UPI) California on Thursday announced plans to designate $536 million to bolster the state s efforts to combat wildfires.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the state legislature agreed on the Wildfire Prevention and Resiliency Package, which includes $125 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds and $411 million from the state s General Fund.
Advertisement Key parts of the Administration s initial proposal have been supplemented by legislative ideas that will pay dividends over the years, such as greater investments in forest health projects, improvements on defensible space, home hardening against fires, fire prevention grants and prevention workforce training, Newsom, and fell
The budget deal between Governor Gavin Newsom and lawmakers calls for prescribed burns and home-hardening as the state preps for another intense wildfire season.
The Bond Fire, driven by high winds, burns the hillsides west of Santiago Canyon Road near Silverado Canyon, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2020. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) Staring down another potentially harsh wildfire season following a miserably dry winter, California lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced plans to spend over $500 million thinning forests and conducting fuel breaks in fire-prone counties.
The budget deal includes $536 million for fire prevention efforts with most of the funding earmarked for vegetation management along with increasing defensible space around buildings and home-hardening programs. The deal extends the state’s rush to prepare heading into the summer as last week Newsom dipped into the state’s emergency fund for an additional $
Governor, legislative leaders present plan to invest half a billion dollars in wildfire prevention
Lake County News reports
09 April 2021
The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have reached an agreement that invests nearly a half-billion dollars into California’s wildfire prevention and resiliency efforts.
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced the $536 million funding plan to help improve California’s resilience to wildfires.
“With California facing another extremely dry year, it is critical that we get a head start on reducing our fire risk. We are doing that by investing more than half a billion dollars on projects and programs that provide improved fire prevention for all parts of California,” the governor and legislative leaders said in a joint statement.
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