Not only is his tweet cruel, but it’s also purposely misleading. Almost 60 percent of forestland in California is overseen by the federal government.
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It is simply disgraceful that the President is threatening people’s lives and livelihoods by withholding resources that will help Ventura County rebuild from the wildfires that have devastated our community.https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1083025873517854720 …
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Furthermore, while California has committed to a five-year, $1 billion forest management plan and has already invested $111.3 million on forest health since 2017, President Trump’s U.S. Forest Service budget has been cut by more than $2 billion since 2016.
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It's deeply disappointing that Trump is choosing to withhold disaster assistance, instead of working with our state to address devastating economic & human toll brought by climate change, which has led to longer wildfire seasons that have wreaked havoc on our local communities.
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Thank you for working for all
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Obvious selective treatment for CA from a prez who still resents CA voters. Keep up the pressure on he who would be emperor.
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There's an ulterior motive in all this; he's pressuring California to give in to logging interests, that's the "management" angle. Isn't that the crux of it?
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Climate change is a hoax just like Y2K.
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It’s like throwing good money at bad. SAC puts their head in the sand then expects US taxpayer bailouts.
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