Newsom calls for record spending to confront California s looming wildfire season
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and park Superintendent Chris Spohrer survey fire damage in September at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.LiPo Ching/Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Good Fire Alliance volunteers Joe Plaugher (left) and Devyn Friedfel start a preventative burn in Healdsburg in April.Alvin A.H. Jornada/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for unprecedented levels of spending on fire prevention this year, money likely to be supplemented with additional federal dollars, with the hope of averting what many say is a terrible wildfire season in the making.
SACRAMENTO State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, today announced legislation to promote the research and development of new technology to prevent and respond to California’s ever-increasing wildfires.
“The escalating frequency and devastation caused by wildfires demands that we seek out emerging te