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Gavin Newsom: “We have doubled the size of Cal Fire, about 11,500…”

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Governor Newsom highlights key investments in firefighting technology

Published July 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 27:39

One of the critical things that we also are mindful of is that it's also about people, not just technology. We have doubled the size of Cal Fire, about 11,500 personnel. Just shy. That's almost double when I got here. Our investments, $3.8 billion in the current budget was a little over 2 billion when I started. That's where the money went. (27:39–27:45)

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