Trump called them out on this during his last administration.
Trump told the governor if he didn't do his safety burns, to clear the dead brush because they don't want to spend the money, they will not get one time of federal money if California burns. The next year Newscum took State money and did the burns. But it's been several years...
I heard a talk from a guy who worked for CalFire - this had to be in either 2018 or 2019. He said a healthy forest has about 80 trees per acre. CA has 300 per scre and a million dead trees. The fuel load is huge. It has been a problem for a long, long time.
Trump called them out on this during his last administration.
Trump told the governor if he didn't do his safety burns, to clear the dead brush because they don't want to spend the money, they will not get one time of federal money if California burns. The next year Newscum took State money and did the burns. But it's been several years...
I heard a talk from a guy who worked for CalFire - this had to be in either 2018 or 2019. He said a healthy forest has about 80 trees per acre. CA has 300 per scre and a million dead trees. The fuel load is huge. It has been a problem for a long, long time.