Ignoring California's Fires: A Reckless Financial Gamble

A firefighter in full gear sprays water from a hose onto a burning vehicle amidst a raging wildfire, with flames and smoke filling the background. The image is overlaid with text from an NPR tweet stating that the federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after major disasters, and that President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California. The tweet also includes a quote from calmatters.org explaining that states depend on federal disaster relief funding and that Trump has said he’d withhold money from California.

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