{"id":65582,"date":"2024-06-21T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T23:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65582"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T23:25:01","slug":"supervisors-urge-newsom-to-reconsider-cuts-to-inmate-firefighting-crews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65582","title":{"rendered":"Supervisors Urge Newsom to Reconsider Cuts to Inmate Firefighting Crews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">On Friday, June 21, Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Chair Lindsey Horvath sent an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to continue funding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations hand crews who currently help the Los Angeles County Fire Department tackle wildland fires.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The letter comes on the heels of the Governor\u2019s proposed revised budget cuts, which would include the elimination of five fire camps currently hosted in Los Angeles County that total 205 people.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cAs we\u2019ve seen over the last few weeks, the fires in Los Angeles County are fast moving and destructive, putting people and property in danger,\u201d Supervisor Barger said. \u201cIt\u2019s crucial that these hand crews continue to lend their support to our local firefighting efforts to ensure the safety of our fire-prone communities. Removing these teams not only puts our residents and region in harm\u2019s way, but robs these crews of the opportunity to rebuild and rehabilitate their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In the letter, the Supervisors cite that removing the crews would result in \u201cslower response times and greater damage and loss in the County.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 21, Supervisor Kathryn&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65583,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65582\/revisions\/65583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}