CLAIM: The Office of the First Partner diverted brush-clearing or wildfire-prevention money, donated money to itself, and stole public money.
Claim
CLAIM: The Office of the First Partner diverted brush-clearing or wildfire-prevention money, donated money to itself, or stole public money.
Fact
FACT: The Office of the First Partner existed under multiple administrations and was renamed in 2019.
Wildfire-prevention investments grew to billions of dollars during the administration. The First Partner receives no salary.
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California did NOT cut firefighting budgets months before LA wildfires
The number of CalFIRE personnel has nearly doubled since 2019 and their budget has nearly doubled since 2019
False Claim: California isn’t ‘raking the forest’ to control wildfires
The state has now invested $2 billion in managing the forest (AKA “raking the forest”) in addition to the $200 million annual budget.
No, California’s smelt fish policy did not lead to the LA wildfires.
This is an outlandish connection to make. The policy is not about water availability in Southern California.