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Secretary Crowfoot tells Assembly subcommittee Prop 4 and targeted investments are central to climate resilience as federal capacity wanes
Summary
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, told the Assembly budget subcommittee that Prop 4 and state investments have enabled wildfire resilience, water projects and habitat protection — but federal staffing cuts have forced the state to backfill critical forecasting and monitoring functions.
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, opened the subcommittee's presentation by praising a decade of climate investments and warning that recent federal cuts have eroded partners the state once relied on.
Crowfoot told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee for Climate, Resources, Energy and Transportation that California has directed roughly $40 billion toward climate work in recent years and highlighted gains in wildfire resilience, water planning, coastal adaptation and land conservation. "We are…
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