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Governor Newsom as he announces the large budget package. Photo from his Twitter page. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law SB 85, a $536 million wildfire and forest resiliency budget package in hopes of helping California prepare for another dry wildfire season from the southern to northern reaches of the state. It will help fund fire resilience efforts including fuel breaks, forest health projects, and home hardening across the state. Some of those funds will be headed to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. "Governor Newsom’s funding package includes dedicated funding for the Tahoe Conse...

California may have reached its breaking point when it comes to the amount of money it has had to spend in fighting wildfires. Especially when it comes to the lack of funding to prevent those wildfires — leading to that much costlier scenario of fighting the wildfires in the long run. The state realized its worst wildfire year ever in 2020 with estimates that as much as $3 billion was spent to fight wildfires in the state. It's also estimated the negative economic impact on the state when it comes to the wildfires will be as much as $10 billion. So it's expected when the State Legislatur...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Broad Coalition Of Agriculture, Business, Environmental, Forestry Leaders Call On Gov. Newsom, Legislature For “Urgent Action” On Wildfires December 17, 2020 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new coalition of forestry, agricultural, business and environmental groups today called on Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to provide stable and sustainable financial resources of more than $1.5 billion in the Governor’s upcoming budget designed to thwart wildfires that will p...