Budget. Reporter consumed over 1 million acres in california. Caused billions of dollars of damage and put pressure on 1. 8 billion budget. Approaching half the agency as entire budget halfway through the fiscal year. 275 million more than cal fire set aside as emergency fund. We always watch budget closely. Be fiscally responsible. But its clear in the climate were living in, we have to have the resources to battle the fires. Stay focused and be able to respond to changing environment were experiencing in california. Reporter says its working closely will the department of finance and legislature to keep Funds Available for fire lines to be staffed. On track for new record. Compared to past three budget years. Complicating the process is how the fire season, compared to four years ago, is running longer. Fire seasons today on average 75 days longer than they were. We have to change our mindset. One of the reasons weve invested additional money in staffing yearround and work we do ahea
Season isnt. Rolling into 2018 now as fires are still burning right now. Im dan ashley. Im dion lim in for ama daetz. This is unusual year. 2017, cal fire battled more than 7,000 fires. Thats correct fire. About 50 more than last year, pretty average year. Burned more than twice as many acres. Biggest fire in modern state history, thomas fire, still burning. 91 contained and not expected to grow any more. Destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in little over three weeks. And we can never forget north bay wildfires. Late sunday night in october, merged into six massive fires, killing 43 people in napa, sonoma, lake and mendocino counties. Took 23 days to fully contain and fire season isnt over. Reporter david louis shows you what the cal fire is doing now and what its doing to budget. Reporter consumed over 1 million acres in california. Caused billions of dollars of damage and put pressure on 1. 8 billion budget. Approaching half the agency as entire budget halfway through the fiscal year
Referendums on leaving the European Union never get to leave the European Union is that what the florence speech is very much i mean look today is a great day for westminster its a great day for the Political Class great day for Goldman Sachs great day for multinational business because effectively what the Prime Minister is saying is were going to stay a full member effectively of the European Union for a further two years and its a two fingers up to the seventeen point four million poorly educated unwashed voters that voted. To go to poorly educated but thats what theyve told us thats what theyve told us all the way through weve been told but as voters with stupid with pig ignorant we dont understand the real world and this is the establishment trying to regain control ironic that it wont even be enough as regards your european bureaucrats in the negotiations anyway well thats the point isnt it but if. By saying well pay twenty billion pounds over the course of the next two years tha
They can delay this is long as they want we are going to leave at some point in time the will of the british people is strong and we are going to leave what i dont want is this for this to drag out for year after year after year and it looks now little be at least five years. Before anything fundamental changes the same old german chancellor arguably so it may not happen it look if theres if there is no hope if there is no hope of getting any reasonable position coming from brussels then the time comes for us to say you know what this is a farce theres a great big world out there theres america australia india heard those things but it didnt even shock you that there were proposals for a single European Military and compulsory your joining in the past few weeks i thought your speech was pretty extraordinary last week i mean i mean this is a full state run from the. Taking even you thought. Oh even i said i did say to mr gore afterwards had actually done us a huge favor because now ever
Great powers niger youve been warning all along that European Countries that all referendums on leaving the European Union never get to leave the European Union is that what the florence speech is very much i mean look today is a great day for westminster its a great day for the Political Class great day for goldman sachs. International business because effectively what the Prime Minister is saying is were going to stay a full member effectively of the European Union for a further two years and its a two fingers up to the seventeen point four million poorly educated unwashed voters that voted for bracks and casting about the poorly educated but thats what they called thats what theyve told us all the way through weve been told but its stupid were pig ignorant we dont understand the real world and this is the establishment trying to regain control ironic that it wont even be enough as regards your european bureaucrats in the negotiations anyway. Well thats the point isnt it that if she