I made the point one way, using the quote that Governor Otter used quoting GAO, one way in my mind--I think we were spending around $300 million on the maintenance side and about $2 billion on the fire-fighting side.
Discussing budget allocation for forest maintenance versus fire-fighting costs.
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The CBO's fiscal 2023 request is $60.953 million, which represents a 6.4-percent increase over last year's enacted level.
The fiscal increase for 2023 is 5.37 percent, and which it is astounding to think it is only the second time ever that you have requested that.
I understand that completely. And I think that makes sense, given the fact that we are over 300 down from where we should be with regard to officers.
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