Calif. Gov. Newsom Signs Landmark $536 Million Wildfire Package Accelerating Projects to Protect High-Risk Communities
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SACRAMENTO, California,
April 13, 2021:
Gavin Newsom today signed a
$536 million wildfire package enabling the state to take urgent action on projects that support wildfire suppression, improve forest health and build resilience in communities to help protect residents and property from catastrophic wildfires in diverse landscapes across the state. The Governor signed SB 85 alongside legislative leaders at a fuels management project in the
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area that helped protect a
Butte County community from last year s North Complex Fire.
The legislative package builds on
Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger California parks
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California Armenian Legislative Caucus
SACRAMENTO The California Armenian Legislative Caucus announced that several lawmakers have joined the group, which serves as a forum for members from the California Senate and Assembly to identify key issues affecting Armenian Americans and develop and empower the Armenian American community throughout California.
The Caucus which already included senators Bob Archuleta, Andreas Borgeas, Brian Dahle, Anthony Portantino and Scott Wilk, as well as Assemblymembers Laura Friedman, Jesse Gabriel, Adrin Nazarian, Luz Rivas, and Blanca Rubio, announced the following new members:
Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins; Senate Majority Leader Bob Herzberg; Senator María Elena Durazo; Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes; as well as Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon, Mike Gipson, Chris Holden, Tom Lackey and Suzette Valladares.
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Climate change will make forests more susceptible to extreme wildfires. By 2100, if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, one study found that the frequency of extreme wildfires burning over approximately 25,000 acres would increase by nearly 50 percent, and that average area burned statewide would increase by 77 percent by the end of the century. California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment (2018)
Even those deeply familiar with every woody acre of Big Basin Redwoods home to ancient trees of such stature that many are named and curated the aftermath was unsettling.
“Going back into the park for the first time, it was very hard to believe what I was seeing,” said Chris Spohrer, state parks superintendent for the Santa Cruz region. “To see what a fire of that intensity could do was disorienting. The landmarks were gone, the colors were monochromatic. It took several visits for it to sink in, to get your bearings. It was shocking.”
The plan mirrors national efforts by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and other members of Congress who earlier this month proposed the Ultra-Millionaire Tax, which would impose a 2 percent annual tax on the net worth of households and trusts above $50 million, with a 1 percent surtax on the net worth of those above $1 billion. We need sizable reinvestments to our community from those who aren t paying their fair share, Lee said at a briefing Monday with fellow state Assemblymembers Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, and Luz Rivas, D-Arleta, and advocates for the wealth tax, including the California Federation of Teachers.
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