EDITORIAL: California paying the price for wildfires
In addition to the tragic loss of life and the devastating financial impact on the thousands of Californians who lost homes, businesses and agriculture, the state spent nearly
Much of that will be reiumbursed by federal agencies -- which, rather than actually being anything like good news for the American people, will help create an almost unbearable budget burden on the
Still, the state will need to come up with about
Nearly
The other
Given our drought-and-flood recent weather patterns, the higher temperatures brought on by global warming and the incursion of homes and businesses into formerly wild lands, rational Californians know that we are going to have spend more on firefighting for the rest of current generations' lives.
Gov.
He also proposed spending
In addition, just as after the 9/11 attacks
The deadly October fires completely overloaded
And they have hatched a
It just got even more expensive to live in the Golden State.
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