Gavin Newsom: “16,000 people were deployed, 2,000 pieces of equipment were…”

“And yes, we have winters in California, in Southern California, bone dry for eight plus months, middle of January, we're dealing with unprecedented scale of these storms. 16,000 people were deployed, 2,000 pieces of equipment were deployed. 29 agencies, the most robust response to wildfires in world history, the largest concentration of resources in LA county, the most populous county in America, deployed to address these unprecedented conditions.” (04:49–04:57)

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