Overview

• Newsom dispatched the mock executive order on July 1, pitching it as a serious federal wildfire strategy while nine active fires threatened much of inland Northern California.
• The proposal urges the federal government to match California’s more than $2.5 billion investment in resilience and help treat up to one million acres each year, per the state task force goal.
• It outlines billions in additional spending for firefighters, aircraft and technology to manage the 57 percent of forestland under federal jurisdiction.
• Newsom condemned the diversion of eight of 14 California National Guard firefighting teams to immigration enforcement and demanded their immediate return to fire prevention missions.
• The White House has not signed the order but announced the partial return of 150 Guard troops from Los Angeles, leaving broader funding and resource commitments unresolved.