California lawmakers want to employ 3,000 firefighters year-round to tackle wildfires

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California lawmakers want to employ 3,000 firefighters year-round to tackle wildfires

About 3,000 seasonal firefighters with Cal Fire could soon work year-round as climate change fuels more intense wildfires in California. The cost? At least $175 million annually. That proposal is one of 13 plans that Democrats in the state Senate announced Tuesday to prevent and respond to destructive wildfires and a slew of problems they cause, from California’s ongoing home insurance crisis to burned schools and looting. Hundreds of billions o…