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Fact-checking Trump’s claims California governor is to blame for wildfires
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11 months ago
The US president-elect has levelled a string of allegations against California governor Gavin Newsom, who has slammed Trump in turn for "politicising human tragedy."
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about the California wildfires.
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The deadly wildfires in California have sparked a political spat between President-elect Donald Trump
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and the Democrat governor of the state of California, Gavin Newsom.
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In this Truth Social post, Trump claims Newsom failed to sign a water restoration declaration
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that would have secured additional water supply to the affected region, suggesting this hindered firefighting efforts.
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Newsom's office responded by pointing out that such a document never existed.
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Trump's team says he was referring to his 2019 proposal to redirect water from the northern Californian delta
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to farms and urban areas further south, a proposal Newsom's administration challenged in court
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due to concerns over endangered species in the delta.
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But several experts have said Trump's water diversion plans would not have had any impact
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on the supply of water available for firefighting efforts.
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Trump has also said that there is no water in fire hydrants in the affected areas.
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This is partly true.
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The LA mayor has said that at one point last week, 20% of fire hydrants went dry
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with the affluent LA suburb of Palisades most affected.
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Governor Newsom has ordered an independent investigation,
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saying that while the hydrants are not designed to extinguish such widespread fires,
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the lack of water could have impaired efforts to protect some homes.
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Finally, Trump has claimed that there is no money in FEMA, the government agency for emergency management.
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FEMA, however, says it has $27 billion in its disaster relief fund
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after a temporary funding bill was passed.
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While this may not be enough to cover California's needs,
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Trump's claim that there is no money left in the pot is unfounded.
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