He also thanked all the firefighters for their hardworking and sacrifices, California Senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein for helping secure the presidential disaster declaration, as well as the Governors Arizona, Oregon, Washington State, Texas, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and Montana for providing resources to help California suppress the wildfires
Newson says “no politics” when it comes to saving people’s lives
Gov, Newsom emphasized, “No politics in this space. We’ll defend ourselves. We’ll defend our values, and we’ll defend the facts but at the same time, we are very grateful that in this moment of crisis we also have to defend the American people. Right now 40 million Americans living in the great State of California. There’s not one of them that wears red versus blue at this point. We’re here to save lives, Everybody deserves to be protected.”
The Governor also said California established a new “historic” partnership with the U.S. Forest Service” to “increase vegetation management.”
