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​SENATOR GAINES CALLS FOR SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

8/16/2018

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SACRAMENTO – Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today submitted a letter to Governor Brown requesting he convene a special session of the legislature this fall to address California’s wildfire crisis.
 
“The Governor and I were together in Shasta County where we witnessed the Carr Fire devastation, and how these fires can flatten entire communities in minutes,” said Senator Gaines. “California must do more to prevent fires, protect property and save lives. I’m calling on the Governor to convene a special session so we can take action on making our state fire safe.”
 
While the legislative conference committee is currently focusing its attention on some wildfire issues, there simply is not enough time for meaningful action to be taken on this worsening fire situation before the legislature adjourns in two weeks.
 
Senator Gaines proposes a special session this fall dedicated to addressing wildfire-related issues, including: fuels reduction strategies; hardening of the urban/wilderness interface; increased logging and increased biomass use; improved federal, state, and local coordination; innovative strategies for fire suppression and forest management; private party incentives for fuels reductions; specific regional challenges facing our state; and local autonomy to address specific local fire conditions.
 
Senator Gaines suggests the solutions come with aggressive timelines, and hard-and-fast completion dates so that all parties can be held accountable. He also asks that the solutions do not place any greater burden on the backs of taxpayers.
 
“I know that too often the first impulse in politics is to raise taxes to solve any problem, however, this state is sitting on a multi-billion dollar surplus. That money should be used to make California fire safe, protect our citizens and avoid billions in future spending through better prevention,” said Senator Gaines.
 
Senator Ted Gaines represents the 1st Senate District, which includes all or parts of Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou counties.
 
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Coleen Tallman
9/16/2018 12:43:22 pm

I couldn't find a link to your survey regarding bill 8596, but I 100% support dropping the High-Speed Rail project and putting those million and billions of dollars toward our firefighting and water infra-structure projects. Only be controlling our fire and water needs can we begin to stabilize insurance premiums and manage nature disasters better.

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Connie Pearce
10/4/2018 03:43:23 pm

I too wanted totake the Wildfires Survey. I agree with everything that is stated on the mailing.

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Willard patrick
12/21/2018 11:52:57 am

California Fires: Mismanagement by US, BLM and Cal fire. They need to reduce disease and dead timber and manage the public forests like the lumber companies do. Lumber company lands you can see through the woods for long distances. Also work esthetics are too much coffee and doughnuts. Private industry would not survive with these class workers .

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