Newsom is wrong in saying that wildfires are a first to coastal California. This is flat out untrue. Lightning caused wildfires have historically occurred in this area, and are worse now because of fire prevention measures taken to protect structures. Anyone who has been hiking in the Santa Cruz mountains has seen evidence of these previous fires in old Redwood trees.

It is also shameful that Newsom uses this natural disaster as evidence of climate change. We know he is saying this only to set the stage for spending more taxpayer money on climate change initiatives. Yet there is no amount of money the taxpayers of California can pay that will have any impact on climate. None. Zero. Just like the Covid restrictions did economic harm to many working people, confiscating more taxpayer money for climate change initiatives will lower the standards of living for working class people.

If money is spent it should be spent on mitigating the impacts of climate change, not the futile exercise of trying to prevent it.

"Lightning caused wildfires have historically occurred in this area, and are worse now because of fire prevention measures taken to protect structures. "

How exactly have "fire prevention measures taken to protect structures" made fires worse???

Fires that have started have been prevented from spreading, allowing the build-up of fuels. Controlled burns have also not been done. This has negatively impacted the health of the forest. But then you know all this I think.