Gavin Newsom: “California had one of its most devastating wildfires earlier…”

“This notion that we're dealing with extreme heat, extreme weather, and as a consequence, the challenges that were presented as it relates to large scale wildfires. And California had one of its most devastating wildfires earlier this year in the middle of winter. And I just want to remind people, in the middle of winter in Los Angeles, in the most resourced region in the United States of America, more firefighters per capita in LA county than any other part of the globe.” (06:04–06:11)

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