Gov. Jerry Brown Quietly Admits Trump Was Right, Eases California Logging Rules

[GURPS]

California Governor Jerry Brown appears to have quietly admitted President Donald Trump's suggestion about improving California forestry was correct, and is now urging state lawmakers to loosen restrictive logging regulations put in place to appease environmentalists.

"Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing broad new changes to California’s logging rules that would allow landowners to cut larger trees and build temporary roads without obtaining a permit as a way to thin more forests across the state," the paper reports.

Environmentalists in California aren't on board. They've been pushing for years to make California's logging rules more restrictive, not less, but in the wake of the deadly forest fires that ripped through the state this month, prominent lawmakers believe a change must be made before more people die from a preventable situation.

Gov. Jerry Brown Quietly Admits Trump Was Right, Eases California Logging Rules

 

[vraiblonde]

MR, you better run and tell Gov. Brown that that's not what's exacerbating the fires.

 

[Kyle]

MR, you better run and tell Gov. Brown that that's not what's exacerbating the fires.

Maybe you can remember which crappy rodent species it was that environmentalists used to block the brush clearing in the 90s.

 

[Midnightrider]

MR, you better run and tell Gov. Brown that that's not what's exacerbating the fires.

i thought trump said it was Cali didn't rake up their leaves

 

[vraiblonde]

i thought trump said it was Cali didn't rake up their leaves

Is that what your fake news is telling you he said?

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Is that what your fake news is telling you he said?

What he actually said:

"You gotta take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forest, very important... I was with the President of Finland... he called it a forest nation and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem."

https://twitter.com/TheContemptor/status/1063888277516820480

 

[SamSpade]

What he actually said:

https://twitter.com/TheContemptor/status/1063888277516820480

That would be the "brush".

 

[SamSpade]

MR, you better run and tell Gov. Brown that that's not what's exacerbating the fires.

I thought he was blaming Climate Change ----- deniers.

Yeah - the PEOPLE who don't agree with climate change theories - not the climate itself.

 

[SamSpade]

I've READ that California has an extremely long history of raging fires that are part of its natural cycle - a balance of drought, winds, fast growth, brush and forest density -
and that by trying to stop the fires altogether they've created a perfect storm situation for unbelievable fires.

And the sensible thing to do would be - at the very least - do controlled burnoffs. Let it burn, but control how it is done, just as avalanches in mountains are created
to prevent unexpected disastrous ones.

Fire is PART of the natural cycle. HUMANS have tried to change it.

 

[Hijinx]

California Governor Jerry Brown appears to have quietly admitted President Donald Trump's suggestion about improving California forestry was correct, and is now urging state lawmakers to loosen restrictive logging regulations put in place to appease environmentalists.

"Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing broad new changes to California’s logging rules that would allow landowners to cut larger trees and build temporary roads without obtaining a permit as a way to thin more forests across the state," the paper reports.

Environmentalists in California aren't on board. They've been pushing for years to make California's logging rules more restrictive, not less, but in the wake of the deadly forest fires that ripped through the state this month, prominent lawmakers believe a change must be made before more people die from a preventable situation.

Gov. Jerry Brown Quietly Admits Trump Was Right, Eases California Logging Rules

We used to call that locking the barn after the horse got loose.

 

[Midnightrider]

I've READ that California has an extremely long history of raging fires that are part of its natural cycle - a balance of drought, winds, fast growth, brush and forest density -
and that by trying to stop the fires altogether they've created a perfect storm situation for unbelievable fires.

And the sensible thing to do would be - at the very least - do controlled burnoffs. Let it burn, but control how it is done, just as avalanches in mountains are created
to prevent unexpected disastrous ones.

Fire is PART of the natural cycle. HUMANS have tried to change it.

Yep, there are a lot of factors. I know I didn’t mention or hint at climate change.

Controlled burns are good and well in areas where you don’t hav3 homes and developments. The areas that are burning have homes and developments and people.

What he actually said:

https://twitter.com/TheContemptor/status/1063888277516820480

And the tweets out of Finland in response are hysterical.

 

[Hijinx]

Yep, there are a lot of factors. I know I didn’t mention or hint at climate change.

Controlled burns are good and well in areas where you don’t hav3 homes and developments. The areas that are burning have homes and developments and people.




And the tweets out of Finland in response are hysterical.

But did they start where those homes and people are. I believe they worked their way over there.

 

[Midnightrider]

But did they start where those homes and people are. I believe they worked their way over there.

The one in SoCal started on a private property with buildings and a refurbished ‘ghost town’.

 

[Hijinx]

The one in SoCal started on a private property with buildings and a refurbished ‘ghost town’.

Empty old houses built with wood and dried out for a hundred years. What better kindling for a fire.?

 

[This_person]

Yep, there are a lot of factors. I know I didn’t mention or hint at climate change.

Controlled burns are good and well in areas where you don’t hav3 homes and developments. The areas that are burning have homes and developments and people.




And the tweets out of Finland in response are hysterical.

As I said, you can't even acknowledge the right answer when told.