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California Conservation Corps highlights disaster response, job training and requests clarity on proposed cuts
Summary
The California Conservation Corps told the subcommittee it provides wildfire mitigation, trail and park work, and job training for young adults and veterans. Finance clarified the corps was exempt from the current vacancies sweep because of its role in emergency response; senators urged restored funding to preserve capacity.
JP Patton, director of the California Conservation Corps (CCC), described the corps’ activities to the Senate subcommittee, focusing on wildfire mitigation, trail building, park maintenance, energy retrofit crews and the corps’ emergency response role. He said the CCC supports about 1,500 corps members across approximately 100 crews and that 100% of members in the most recent cohort left with an industry‑recognized credential; 64% remained employed one year after…
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