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"content": "\u003cp>California embarked on a new phase of climate leadership on Friday, as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055461/california-lawmakers-reach-last-minute-deals-on-climate-energy\">package of bills\u003c/a> aimed at charting the state’s course through a perilous energy transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation includes an extension of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053867/affordability-concerns-at-center-of-cap-and-trade-renewal-debate\">marquee program\u003c/a> to reduce pollution from refineries and power plants, reaffirming the state’s commitment to limit planet-warming emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But changes to that cap-and-trade program — and accompanying bills on electricity and fuel supply — reflect a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055786/energy-climate-and-ai-regulation-take-center-stage-in-sacramento\">struggle\u003c/a> by lawmakers to manage both the impacts of climate change and the move away from fossil fuels, which each threaten to drive up energy costs for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to effectively transition,” Newsom said before signing the bills at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. “This is not an ideological endeavor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in the practical application business,” he said. “We have got to manifest our ideals and our goals. And so this lays it out, but it lays it out without laying tracks over folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has reached a unique moment, state leaders and analysts argue. The state is far enough along in its transition away from fossil fuels that it needs to maintain two energy delivery systems at once: oil and gas on one side and electricity built on carbon-free energy on the other. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023129/how-climate-change-complicating-california-democrats-affordability-agenda\">juggling act\u003c/a> is costly, messy, and requires intentional planning and often unsavory compromises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1927246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/07/GettyImages-71394652-e1758301123123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck carries a shipping container past an oil refinery at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles on July 6, 2006, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state of limbo, which will likely last decades in California, has been labeled “\u003ca href=\"https://emilygrubert.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Grubert-and-Hastings-Simon-2022-Designing-the-mid-transition-A-review-of-medium-t.pdf\">mid-transition\u003c/a>” by Emily Grubert, a sustainable energy researcher at the University of Notre Dame. Grubert said California is among the first places “actually dealing with many of these questions of managed transition” away from fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How the state of California deals with the transition of [oil] refining really is going to inform the way that many, many other transitions occur,” Grubert told lawmakers last month, including how the state will move away from gas and towards electricity for tasks like heating and cooling homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and fellow Democrats faced a bevy of challenges as they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052825/whats-next-for-californias-landmark-climate-program\">negotiated\u003c/a> the climate package in the waning hours of the legislative year. Voters remain anxious about rising energy costs. Two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910826/california-considers-more-drilling-and-other-concessions-to-big-oil-as-gas-prices-rise\">refineries\u003c/a>, Phillips 66 in Los Angeles and Valero in Benicia, announced plans to close, threatening a spike in gas prices. And wildfires made more intense by climate change have devastated California communities and driven up insurance and electricity \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027878/california-lawmakers-aim-lower-electricity-bills-but-theyll-face-tough-choices\">costs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Balancing acts, political compromises\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The five bills Newsom signed on Friday reflect the delicate balancing act facing lawmakers during this transitory period. The agreements brought both wins and losses for the state’s powerful utilities and oil and gas companies — and left many environmental justice advocates frustrated over the lack of emphasis on reducing local air pollution in low-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had five huge planes all circling, and we had to make sure they didn’t crash into each other,” said Sen. Josh Becker, a Democrat representing the Peninsula. “Really, the feeling was they were all going to land or none of them were going to land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wilmington ARCO refinery is seen before dawn on Dec. 19, 2003, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under Assembly Bill 1207, companies will face more strict pollution limits each year until 2045 — that’s the “cap” in the renamed Cap-and-Invest program. State regulators will more closely monitor the financial help oil companies get to follow the program’s rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the most important U.S. climate policy for the foreseeable future,” said Kyle Meng, a professor at UC Santa Barbara. “In the absence of any climate action from D.C., for California to signal this commitment for two decades, that’s a really big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a separate bill, Senate Bill 237, eases regulations on oil drilling in Kern County and gives the governor new powers to loosen clean fuel standards if gas prices spike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The compromise is an attempt to appease both environmental advocates and oil companies and address the upcoming \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036695/shocking-news-valero-announces-plans-to-end-operations-at-benicia-refinery\">refinery closures\u003c/a>. The state’s demand for gas has consistently declined in recent years, peaking in 2017, according to California Energy Commission data. But supply of both crude and refined oil from California is dropping far faster, leaving a yawning gap that is concerning to state leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to legislative concessions, the Energy Commission voted last month to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/oil-gas-newsom-profits-prices-california-435d63922284a93130c40bac9558f093\">delay\u003c/a> capping oil company profits until at least 2030 — an about-face from two years earlier, when Newsom called a special session that resulted in that very law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken all together, the package of bills and policy changes is by no means a reversal of the state’s aggressive plan to wean itself off of fossil fuels. But the course correction showed that some leading Democrats are worried that the pace of its transition was too rapid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably voted for every bill that went through the legislature to get us off of fossil fuels,” said Lorena Gonzalez, a former Assembly member, while speaking at a Public Policy Institute of California conference last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very much and am very supportive of a transition to a new energy economy,” said Gonzalez, who is now president of the California Labor Federation. “That being said, the legislature, myself included, rushed this idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Real-time policy for real-time problems\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 254 adds $18 billion to the state’s Wildfire Fund, which utilities can tap into to stave off bankruptcy if their equipment has been found to spark a wildfire. With Southern California Edison facing potential exposure from the Eaton Fire, lawmakers leveraged the desire from utilities to replenish the fund to include reforms that aim to lower electricity rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley professor Meredith Fowlie said Senate Bill 254 is an example of California acting as a laboratory for policies to make electricity more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1995288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1995288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Water and Power (DWP) San Fernando Valley Generating Station on Dec. 11, 2008, in Sun Valley, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of this policy is being made in real time in response to challenges that are manifesting in real time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 254 will allow the state to issue bonds to finance the construction of transmission lines at a cheaper price than utilities. The legislation also gives regulators more tools to rein in the money power companies spend to prevent wildfires, a key driver of higher electricity rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new cap-and-invest program will shift the biannual “climate credit” rebate that appears on customers’ bills to the hottest months of the year when Californians are using the most electricity. It will also boost the credit on electric bills by reducing it on gas bills — further incentivizing the energy transition at a household level.[aside postID=news_12056655 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Middlebrook-2-1020x765.jpg']“You’ve got these too-high electricity prices distorting consumer incentives,” Fowlie said. “So when I’m choosing between a heat pump and a natural gas furnace, electricity sure looks expensive. It would be really nice to bring the differences and those prices closer to the true differences in costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some analysts said Newsom and legislative leaders failed to strike the right balance in the climate-energy deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been producing oil for almost 140 years,” said Paasha Mahdavi, an associate professor in political science at UC Santa Barbara. Allowing the companies to drill more in Kern County is like “squeezing a lemon at its dear end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahdavi said the easier-to-reach fuel has already been extracted there, which means companies must rely on techniques that are energy-intensive. This creates significant pollution for nearby communities and the planet overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through his own \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/t/68bb4c15f1beef2669830de8/1757105173357/Mahdavi+-+Analysis+of+Californias+oil+refineries+amid+declining+demand.pdf\">analysis\u003c/a>, Mahdavi found that gasoline demand could be met by supply from in-state refineries and by imports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahdavi is on the side of a coalition of environmental justice groups that \u003ca href=\"https://mavensnotebook.com/2025/09/11/press-release-ca-environmental-groups-decry-this-year-as-the-states-worst-legislative-year-for-the-environment-and-climate-in-recent-history/\">labeled \u003c/a>the outcome “the worst legislative year for climate and environmental protection in recent memory.” The coalition said the balancing act between climate leadership and consumer prices failed to reduce\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050096/californias-clean-air-program-for-polluted-communities-faces-crossroads\"> local pollution\u003c/a> for Californians who live near hotspots such as refineries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a real responsibility to ensure that the fourth largest economy in the world, a progressive leader on climate, is really committed to not only climate policies, but ensuring that they’re deployed equitably,” said Asha Sharma, state policy manager with the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to effectively transition,” Newsom said before signing the bills at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. “This is not an ideological endeavor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in the practical application business,” he said. “We have got to manifest our ideals and our goals. And so this lays it out, but it lays it out without laying tracks over folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has reached a unique moment, state leaders and analysts argue. The state is far enough along in its transition away from fossil fuels that it needs to maintain two energy delivery systems at once: oil and gas on one side and electricity built on carbon-free energy on the other. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023129/how-climate-change-complicating-california-democrats-affordability-agenda\">juggling act\u003c/a> is costly, messy, and requires intentional planning and often unsavory compromises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1927246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/07/GettyImages-71394652-e1758301123123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck carries a shipping container past an oil refinery at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles on July 6, 2006, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state of limbo, which will likely last decades in California, has been labeled “\u003ca href=\"https://emilygrubert.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Grubert-and-Hastings-Simon-2022-Designing-the-mid-transition-A-review-of-medium-t.pdf\">mid-transition\u003c/a>” by Emily Grubert, a sustainable energy researcher at the University of Notre Dame. Grubert said California is among the first places “actually dealing with many of these questions of managed transition” away from fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How the state of California deals with the transition of [oil] refining really is going to inform the way that many, many other transitions occur,” Grubert told lawmakers last month, including how the state will move away from gas and towards electricity for tasks like heating and cooling homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and fellow Democrats faced a bevy of challenges as they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052825/whats-next-for-californias-landmark-climate-program\">negotiated\u003c/a> the climate package in the waning hours of the legislative year. Voters remain anxious about rising energy costs. Two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910826/california-considers-more-drilling-and-other-concessions-to-big-oil-as-gas-prices-rise\">refineries\u003c/a>, Phillips 66 in Los Angeles and Valero in Benicia, announced plans to close, threatening a spike in gas prices. And wildfires made more intense by climate change have devastated California communities and driven up insurance and electricity \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027878/california-lawmakers-aim-lower-electricity-bills-but-theyll-face-tough-choices\">costs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Balancing acts, political compromises\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The five bills Newsom signed on Friday reflect the delicate balancing act facing lawmakers during this transitory period. The agreements brought both wins and losses for the state’s powerful utilities and oil and gas companies — and left many environmental justice advocates frustrated over the lack of emphasis on reducing local air pollution in low-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had five huge planes all circling, and we had to make sure they didn’t crash into each other,” said Sen. Josh Becker, a Democrat representing the Peninsula. “Really, the feeling was they were all going to land or none of them were going to land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/12/RS46184_GettyImages-2823144-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wilmington ARCO refinery is seen before dawn on Dec. 19, 2003, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under Assembly Bill 1207, companies will face more strict pollution limits each year until 2045 — that’s the “cap” in the renamed Cap-and-Invest program. State regulators will more closely monitor the financial help oil companies get to follow the program’s rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the most important U.S. climate policy for the foreseeable future,” said Kyle Meng, a professor at UC Santa Barbara. “In the absence of any climate action from D.C., for California to signal this commitment for two decades, that’s a really big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a separate bill, Senate Bill 237, eases regulations on oil drilling in Kern County and gives the governor new powers to loosen clean fuel standards if gas prices spike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The compromise is an attempt to appease both environmental advocates and oil companies and address the upcoming \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036695/shocking-news-valero-announces-plans-to-end-operations-at-benicia-refinery\">refinery closures\u003c/a>. The state’s demand for gas has consistently declined in recent years, peaking in 2017, according to California Energy Commission data. But supply of both crude and refined oil from California is dropping far faster, leaving a yawning gap that is concerning to state leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to legislative concessions, the Energy Commission voted last month to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/oil-gas-newsom-profits-prices-california-435d63922284a93130c40bac9558f093\">delay\u003c/a> capping oil company profits until at least 2030 — an about-face from two years earlier, when Newsom called a special session that resulted in that very law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken all together, the package of bills and policy changes is by no means a reversal of the state’s aggressive plan to wean itself off of fossil fuels. But the course correction showed that some leading Democrats are worried that the pace of its transition was too rapid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably voted for every bill that went through the legislature to get us off of fossil fuels,” said Lorena Gonzalez, a former Assembly member, while speaking at a Public Policy Institute of California conference last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very much and am very supportive of a transition to a new energy economy,” said Gonzalez, who is now president of the California Labor Federation. “That being said, the legislature, myself included, rushed this idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Real-time policy for real-time problems\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 254 adds $18 billion to the state’s Wildfire Fund, which utilities can tap into to stave off bankruptcy if their equipment has been found to spark a wildfire. With Southern California Edison facing potential exposure from the Eaton Fire, lawmakers leveraged the desire from utilities to replenish the fund to include reforms that aim to lower electricity rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley professor Meredith Fowlie said Senate Bill 254 is an example of California acting as a laboratory for policies to make electricity more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1995288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1995288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/12/84004858_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Water and Power (DWP) San Fernando Valley Generating Station on Dec. 11, 2008, in Sun Valley, California. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of this policy is being made in real time in response to challenges that are manifesting in real time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 254 will allow the state to issue bonds to finance the construction of transmission lines at a cheaper price than utilities. 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After Hurricane Katrina, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/proposed-changes-to-fema-and-the-future-of-federal-disaster-response/\">passed laws\u003c/a> to give FEMA the ability to better help areas prepare for natural disasters and give it greater autonomy and authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those laws “bar the executive branch, including the president, from substantially or significantly reducing FEMA’s ability to carry out its mission, reserving that right for Congress,” Bonta said. “The Trump administration has broken the law by preventing FEMA from mitigating and preparing for disaster and entirely cutting Congress out of the picture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101910625 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/07/241107-AttorneyGeneralBonta-01-BL_qed.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is just the latest in a steady stream, perhaps even a firehose, of legal actions Bonta and other attorneys general and governors have taken against the current administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s becoming a hallmark of Trump’s presidency,” Bonta said. “Trampling over the separation of power, sidelining a Congress led by Trump’s own party, violating the Constitution and putting the American people in harm’s way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910625/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-on-standing-up-to-the-trump-administration\">KQED’s Forum on Thursday\u003c/a>, Bonta said his office had filed 33 lawsuits against the administration so far this year, more than one a week. He said the reason they’d filed so many suits was simply because the administration was so frequently breaking laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BRIC program, which rebranded and reformed prior disaster mitigation and funding efforts, was established in 2018 during Trump’s first administration, with broad bipartisan support. It was given additional funding in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering how valuable pre-planning is in a disaster, and how hard it has historically been for states to fund infrastructure projects, BRIC was a milestone in foresight, according to Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, associate professor at the Columbia Climate School and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the BRIC funding did was it created a standing mechanism where states and localities, through the states, could get funding for these really sort of large, kind of expensive infrastructure projects that would actually build resilience and prevent the loss of lives and loss of livelihood,” Schlegelmilch said. “So it marked a really important turning point. It was actually a very forward-looking achievement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the lawsuit, in the past four years, the program picked nearly 2,000 projects across the country to receive a total of $4.5 billion in BRIC funding. Every state has received some federally funded mitigation grants. And four — Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and Texas — have each avoided at least $10 billion in post-disaster costs thanks to the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1997639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sheriff’s deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic, on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. \u003ccite>(Julio Cortez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit comes days after severe flooding around the country, and two weeks after tragic flooding in Texas that took the lives of more than 100 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coastal communities have received the largest portion of funds over the past four years, especially California, Louisiana, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An analysis done by Schlegelmilch of past BRIC funding cycles indicated that projects to address flooding received the most money. Energy projects, including projects like removing vegetation to ensure electric-grid resilience during wildfires, were also some of the best-funded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-illegally-shutting-down\">highlighted\u003c/a> three projects that have been approved but may not get their promised funding:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A project in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes to reduce landslides, aiming to protect homes, roads, sewer, water, gas, electricity and communication lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A project in the city of Sacramento to reduce the danger of flooding by improving floodwalls, levees and moving a pump station. The project aims to protect 4 miles of interstate highway, an airport runway and 27,000 homes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A project in Kern County to retrofit the Kern Valley Healthcare District’s hospital for earthquakes. If it cannot be retrofitted, the hospital may soon need to close. Thousands in this district would then need to drive to hospitals over two hours away to seek care.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>FEMA \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250404/fema-ends-wasteful-politicized-grant-program-returning-agency-core-mission\">announced in April\u003c/a> that they would close the program, saying it was rife with “waste, fraud and abuse,” without providing examples or data. In a since-removed press release, the administration said the BRIC program had partisan political aims. FEMA is not only closing future funding rounds, but they are also not giving out already promised funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Trump administration’s goal is to get states to take care of their own disasters, Schlegelmilch believes shuttering this program makes that target much harder to hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disagree that states do need to do more in the disaster space,” he said, “but this is one of those key programs that were designed to help states help themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the administration is allowed to strip this funding away completely, it may be years before we know the full effect of the harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Really, of all the disaster interventions that are damaging our resilience as a nation, I think this is the most damaging of the programs that have been cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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He said the reason they’d filed so many suits was simply because the administration was so frequently breaking laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BRIC program, which rebranded and reformed prior disaster mitigation and funding efforts, was established in 2018 during Trump’s first administration, with broad bipartisan support. It was given additional funding in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering how valuable pre-planning is in a disaster, and how hard it has historically been for states to fund infrastructure projects, BRIC was a milestone in foresight, according to Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, associate professor at the Columbia Climate School and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the BRIC funding did was it created a standing mechanism where states and localities, through the states, could get funding for these really sort of large, kind of expensive infrastructure projects that would actually build resilience and prevent the loss of lives and loss of livelihood,” Schlegelmilch said. “So it marked a really important turning point. 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And four — Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and Texas — have each avoided at least $10 billion in post-disaster costs thanks to the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1997639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/CampMysticAP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sheriff’s deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic, on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. \u003ccite>(Julio Cortez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit comes days after severe flooding around the country, and two weeks after tragic flooding in Texas that took the lives of more than 100 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coastal communities have received the largest portion of funds over the past four years, especially California, Louisiana, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An analysis done by Schlegelmilch of past BRIC funding cycles indicated that projects to address flooding received the most money. Energy projects, including projects like removing vegetation to ensure electric-grid resilience during wildfires, were also some of the best-funded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-illegally-shutting-down\">highlighted\u003c/a> three projects that have been approved but may not get their promised funding:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A project in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes to reduce landslides, aiming to protect homes, roads, sewer, water, gas, electricity and communication lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A project in the city of Sacramento to reduce the danger of flooding by improving floodwalls, levees and moving a pump station. The project aims to protect 4 miles of interstate highway, an airport runway and 27,000 homes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A project in Kern County to retrofit the Kern Valley Healthcare District’s hospital for earthquakes. If it cannot be retrofitted, the hospital may soon need to close. Thousands in this district would then need to drive to hospitals over two hours away to seek care.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>FEMA \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250404/fema-ends-wasteful-politicized-grant-program-returning-agency-core-mission\">announced in April\u003c/a> that they would close the program, saying it was rife with “waste, fraud and abuse,” without providing examples or data. In a since-removed press release, the administration said the BRIC program had partisan political aims. 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"content": "\u003cp>The newly signed\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text\"> “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”\u003c/a> marks the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. social safety net in decades. President Donald Trump and his supporters call it a long-overdue effort to rein in government spending. But critics warn it will gut public health systems — especially in California, where more residents rely on Medicaid, known locally as Medi-Cal, than in any other state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the plan “one of the most calamitous and devastating bills of our lifetime. It’s certainly the most destructive healthcare bill in the history of this country\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>” He estimates up to 4 million residents could lose their health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with political will, California lacks the fiscal capacity to replace billions in lost federal aid, especially as lawmakers are attempting to close a $12 billion state deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is bracing for a seismic shift in health care access. While some Americans may benefit from modest tax cuts, low-income residents, undocumented immigrants, new mothers and rural families face a growing risk of losing care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, there are many unknowns. For example, the state could act during next year’s budget negotiations, or providers could start charging less. And the federal budget process is far from over — and many provisions won’t kick in until after another round of negotiations. Congress has to produce a budget this fall and another budget in 2026, so there is time for the situation to change before many of the cuts will hit home for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in the bill?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The legislation slashes Medicaid, revives parts of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, expands defense spending and immigration detention and border security, cuts clean energy tax credits and reduces SNAP funding — or food stamps, known locally as CalFresh — with about 5.5 million Californians expected to feel the impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1997715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/Medicaid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/Medicaid.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/Medicaid-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/Medicaid-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/Medicaid-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather outside of Kern Medical Hospital in Bakersfield, to oppose the proposed GOP cuts to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income Americans. \u003ccite>(Joshua Yeager/KVPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the health care front, key changes include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/from-drew-altman/making-sense-of-medicaid-work-requirements/\">Federal work requirements\u003c/a> kick in for Medicaid enrollees aged 19–64 on Dec. 31, 2026. It’s 80 hours/month of employment, job search or community service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Enrollees must prove eligibility more often — every six months instead of annually. They’ll need to submit more frequent paperwork and with stricter documentation, including proof of residency and social security numbers. The added requirements increase the risk of coverage loss due to paperwork lapses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New copays for doctor visits (up to $35).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A ban on Medicaid reimbursements to clinics that provide abortion or gender-affirming care for minors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Limits on a key tool states, like California, use to draw down additional federal funds known as “provider taxes.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How many Californians could lose coverage?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61463\"> Congressional Budget Office\u003c/a> estimates that 12 million to 16 million people could lose Medicaid coverage nationwide over the next decade. In California, roughly\u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/data-and-statistics/Documents/Monthly-Enrollment-Trends/Dec-2023-Medi-Cal-Enrollment.pdf\"> 15 million people\u003c/a> — about 1 in 3 residents — are covered by Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is slated to see a 19% cut in federal funding for Medicaid or roughly $164 billion over the next decade, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/\">analysis by KFF\u003c/a>, the nonprofit health care research and polling organization.[aside postID=news_12047363 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GuaranteedIncomeGetty.jpg']Hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that serve this population will be paid significantly less, which could result in fewer services or closures.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who gets hit hardest?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Undocumented immigrants, recently covered under California’s Medi-Cal expansion.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rural communities, where over half of residents rely on Medi-Cal and many hospitals are already on the brink of closure.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New mothers and children — about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-medicaid-and-pregnancy/#:~:text=Medicaid%20finances%20over%20four%20in,%2C%20New%20Mexico%2C%20Oklahoma).\">half of all births\u003c/a> in California are covered by Medi-Cal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Street-level care providers, such as mobile mental health teams and clinics serving unhoused people, are often entirely funded by Medi-Cal.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>One cautionary tale: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990100/how-the-closure-of-madera-countys-only-hospital-has-impacted-the-community\">Madera Community Hospital\u003c/a> in the Central Valley closed in 2023 due to financial strain — an omen of what could unfold statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why it’s worse in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has led liberal states in the country with its progressive approach to health care — but also vulnerable to federal cuts. Programs like on-site pregnancy care in homeless encampments, antipsychotic medication distribution and mobile crisis teams are now in jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state was scaling back its own expansions — such as Medi-Cal for all undocumented immigrants — back due to its own budget pressures. Now, with the federal pullback, even more cuts are likely. Programs once considered national models are quietly being dismantled.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about the work requirements?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On paper, requiring Medicaid recipients to work may sound reasonable. But critics of the program have argued that in practice, these policies have been more destructive than motivational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00538\">2018 Arkansas pilot program\u003c/a> pushed 18,000 people off their Medicaid coverage — even though many of them were already employed, but workers struggled to keep up on paperwork requirements. Experts warn similar bureaucratic hurdles will repeat in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-intersection-of-medicaid-and-work-an-update/\">60% of adult Medicaid recipients\u003c/a> work. Caregiving responsibilities, disabilities and housing instability make compliance difficult for some people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens to Planned Parenthood?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The bill prohibits federal Medicaid funds from going to clinics that provide abortion care, which targets Planned Parenthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the\u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/2025/07/statement-kelly-baden-guttmacher-vice-president-public-policy-passage-budget-reconciliation\"> Guttmacher Institute\u003c/a>, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights, up to one-third of its clinics could be forced to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1997717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/PlannedParenthood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1336\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/PlannedParenthood.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/PlannedParenthood-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/PlannedParenthood-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/07/PlannedParenthood-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Planned Parenthood health center on June 26, 2025, in San Rafael, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That would affect services far beyond abortion — including STI testing, Pap smears, cancer screenings and birth control access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early July, a federal judge — Indira Talwani — issued a temporary restraining order, halting the defunding provision for 14 days, preserving Medicaid funding while the lawsuit proceeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Could it be reversed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not easily. While some provisions won’t take full effect until 2026, reversing them would require a change in presidential administration, a Democratic congressional majority and political will to unwind Trump’s signature legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: The 2017 Trump tax cuts — once controversial — were extended in this bill, not repealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will this hurt Republicans?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All nine California House Republicans voted for the bill. Yet many of their districts have high Medi-Cal enrollment and poor health access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats and health advocacy groups like Protect Our Care are already running attack ads in some/all of these areas. Still, with tax breaks kicking in immediately — and health care cuts rolling out later — the GOP is betting that voters feel gains before the pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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He said the requests come at a pivotal time because of Trump’s cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and what Newsom called the “illegal federalization of California’s National Guard troops,” pulling some of them away from firefighting missions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration needs to step up, and they need to fund these efforts, not just here in California, but throughout the Western United States,” Newsom said. “Lives and property are on the line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California is doing its part, “the federal government is not meeting this call,” the text of the proposed order said. Over the next year, the state has allotted more than $4 billion for wildfire protection and forest resilience. In comparison, Newsom said the Trump administration has appropriated $7 billion for the entire country’s 238 million acres of federal lands in the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft order would make it federal policy for the U.S. to match the capabilities and investments of “the most advanced states and local governments with respect to forest management and firefighting capabilities.” It would direct the Office of Management and Budget to develop spending plans to do so, including the reversal of recent staffing and funding cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1985183\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a hard hat walks through a forest with a device to start fires.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/231110-PRESCRIBED-BURN-DV-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lighting a prescribed fire in the Six Rivers National Forest. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All Trump has to do is sign the order, Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have an open hand as it relates to wanting to work together,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Wright, director of the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, said the state and federal government are collectively treating more than 700,000 acres a year to reduce wildfire risk. But he said he is “deeply concerned that recent cutbacks” could jeopardize the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many parts of California, federal staff are the backbone of our system,” he said. “They know the terrain, they know the community, they know fire risk, they don’t need fancy computer models to tell them where to focus to make those communities safe.”[aside postID=science_1997257 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/06/Prescribed-Burn_Penn-Valley_Nevada-County06_qed.jpg']Increased federal investment is vital because the U.S. government owns 57% of the forestland in California, compared to the 3% the state owns, Newsom said. He added that an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/empowering-commonsense-wildfire-prevention-and-response/\">early June executive order\u003c/a> from Trump on federal wildfire prevention and response does not go far enough to match California’s efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Forest Service has lost 10% of all positions, which will likely “impact wildfire response this year,” Newsom said, adding that noncompetitive federal firefighter pay has led to further staffing shortages. California, meanwhile, has nearly doubled Cal Fire’s ranks since Newsom took office in 2019, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s possible, Newsom said, because the state has doubled Cal Fire’s annual budget to $3.78 billion in that time and invested more than $4 billion in wildfire prevention and forest resilience. That work includes using AI-powered tools to locate fires, deploying drones to help conduct prescribed burns and monitor wildfires, and creating the “world’s largest civilian firefighting aviation fleet,” adding 16 helicopters and seven retrofitted U.S. Coast Guard air tankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also established Task Force Rattlesnake, comprising 300 California National Guard members under the direction of Cal Fire, to help fight and prevent fires. 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