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Gavin Newsom: “Unprecedented one-time investments that total $2.5 billion…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom highlights key investments in firefighting technology

Published | Video Starts at 29:42

And just to give you a proof point on the 10x from $20 million a year in vegetation management and annual funding to 200 million and then Unprecedented one-time investments that total $2.5 billion just in the last number of years. To quote unquote, yes, I'll say it. Rake our forest. Not lost on me that the President of the United States just imposed a 50% tariff to increase your costs. (29:42–29:58)

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Asserts that California made $2.5 billion in one-time investments for vegetation management in recent years.

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