Another smoking gun: CA Governor Newscum vetoed 2020 fire protection bill | Eastern NC Now

California Governor Gavin Newsom's refusal to address his state's long standing fire dangers has already been shown by things like his cutting $150 Million from the state budget for fire protection and only doing fire prevention maintenance in 12,000 or the 90,000 acres he promised.  Now a veto of key fire protection legislation in 2020 has been brought to light.

In 2020, a California Democrat legislator whose district had just suffered a major wildfire, intrudoced SB 182 to require local governments to take actions on fire mitigation and to restrict zoning in fire prone areas.  The bill passed the legislature without serious opposition.  When it got to Newsom's desk, however, he vetoed it. In his veto message he said he objected because he did not want fire prevention messures to take precedence over his affordable housing programs.

As it turned out, Newsom's "affordable housing" projects did not go so well, either. State auditors have found he lost track of $24 Billion appropriated for that purpose. California also under Newsom has become the state with the greatest homelessness problem in the country.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/01/23/newsom-vetoed-a-bill-to-enhance-fire-mitigation-so-he-could-grab-the-land-for-affordable-housing-n2184698

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/new-fire-explodes-over-10000-acres-north-la

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/hughes-fire-evacuation-los-angeles-rcna188834