Newsom vetoes firefighter pay raise months after California’s most expensive wildfire
Less than a year after the most expensive and devastating wildfire in state history, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bipartisan bill that sought to raise salaries for California’s state firefighters.Newsom wrote in a letter on Oct. 3 that he vetoed the bill because it would cost the state too much money and interfere with the normal way employee pay is negotiated.MAPS SHOW EXTENT OF WILDFIRE DEVASTATION, HOMES DESTROYED"While I […]
