His prescription is “cuts,” he said, apparently referring to cutting firebreaks in forests.
“People don’t like to do cuts,” observed Trump. “But if there is a fire, and it gets away, you have a 50 yard cut so it won’t be able to catch to the other side. They don’t do that.”
Newsom admitted to Trump that forests in the state need more brush clearance: “We have not done justice for our forest management.”
Indeed, according to a report from the non-partisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office, total timber harvesting in California have dropped by over two-thirds since the 1950s.
But, said Newsom, poor forest management is not the only issue.
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