The wildfires in California in the beginning of the yr awoke lots of people within the state to the backwards priorities of their present management. When the fires broke out, the mayor of Los Angeles wasn’t even within the nation on the time, opting as a substitute to attend an occasion in Africa.
Now we’re studying that the state spends extra on the homeless, who begin a 3rd of fires within the state, than they do on firefighters.
California spends a lot cash on its all the time rising homeless downside with no outcomes, that a U.S. attorney is now investigating the spending.
Wouldn’t it make extra sense to spend extra money on firefighters?
KABC 7 in California stories:
Practically a 3rd of LA’s fires final six years concerned homeless folks, new report exhibits
The 7 on Your Aspect Investigates Crew has reported prior to now how the Los Angeles Hearth Division’s response instances don’t all the time meet nationwide requirements.
Now a brand new memo from Interim LAFD Chief Ronnie Villanueva says a surge in calls to assist the homeless exhibits much more simply how strapped the division is for sources.
The memo that was imagined to be mentioned at Tuesday’s LAFD Fee assembly is stuffed with numbers.
In fiscal yr 2024/2025, the town allotted about $961 million to homelessness, whereas the whole LAFD finances for that very same fiscal yr was properly below that – at about $837 million.
The union president for the firefighters calls that surprising.
“We don’t need to criminalize homelessness, however we’d like extra sources strictly for homelessness,” stated Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles. “We’d like extra funding.”
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33% of fires the previous six years in Los Angeles had been began by the homeless. Now, consider the $2 billion that went to homeless providers in LA that may’t be accounted for whereas LAFD obtained their budgets minimize. @RickCarusoLA @SteveHiltonx @TheKevinDaltonpic.twitter.com/rDplkvT18j
— T Wolf (@Twolfrecovery) April 16, 2025
In the meantime, California Governor Gavin Newsom is concentrating on internet hosting a podcast. Why do taxpayers in California put up with any of this?
