Do not fall for Misinformation about Gavin Newsom's budget cuts on Fire Prevention
Articles such as this Fox News article is misinformation. I want to add some contexts for people to share if they want to combat it.
I read the budget document a year ago here https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/s/4jeKiuA3J7 and I have pointed out that CalFire is not impacted in the budget cuts. I also said fire prevention projects that was cut are fancy projects like fuel treatments, that has indirect impact on fire prevention rather than direct impact. In fact CalFire’s budget was increased last year which boosted hiring of fire fighters, as Gavin pointed out during press interviews.
So now you wonder how the misinformation started? It started on page 36 of the budget document: https://ebudget.ca.gov/2024-25/pdf/BudgetSummary/FullBudgetSummary.pdf in which it did say 100 million general fund reductions to fire prevention, but they neglected page 48 of the budget document about CalFire budget increases.
I do not tolerate misinformation. So go ahead and read exactly what was cut, and stay informed.