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Gavin Newsom: “California has the largest aerial firefighting fleet in the…”

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Affordability Is the New Climate Fault Line

Published September 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:15

Looking back, what could Los Angeles have done better and what could the state have done better to prepare for an event like that and respond in the immediate after? California has the largest aerial firefighting fleet in the world. We've doubled the Cal Fire state budget in the last six years. Louisiana county is the most resource county in the United States of America in terms of firefighting personnel. (20:15–20:19)

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