In August, Trump blamed and criticized the state’s environmental laws and its failure to remove dead trees. He tweeted, “California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. t is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!”
California spent $773 million to stop wildfires
Over the past two years, California experienced some of the biggest and deadly wildfires in history. The disasters prompted the state’s leaders to request financial aid from the federal government.
In November last year, Governor Jerry Brown together with the members of the California congressional delegation asked the Congress and White House to provide $7.4 billion funding for wildfire relief and recovery efforts.
They made the request after multiple wildfires devastated Northern California, where dozens of people died and thousands properties were destroyed. The insured losses from the disaster were more than $3 billion.
