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A panel that includes Branden Williams, Bill Essayli and Kevin Kiley joins “Fox News @ Night” to discuss President Donald Trump’s visit to California to evaluate wildfire damage.
President Donald Trump takes executive measures to override state and local environmental and local environmental policies in California to try to maximize water supply after January January fatal fires.
In an executive order issued on Sunday, Trump asked the federal agencies to override the regulations of California on endangered species to create more water availability, speed up the removal of waste in areas affected by fires. and carry out research in the city of Los Angeles in the use of Los Angeles Federal subsidies.
The Order of the President annuls the environmental regulations that can limit the availability of water in the area, such as the Law of endangered species (ESA), which seeks to minimize water infrastructure to protect some species of Fish, like the Delta. The order comes just weeks after Trump accused Governor Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., To be more careful to protect a species of endangered fish than state residents in the middle of wildfires.
Trump also asked the interior department to immediately annul the existing regulations In California that “improperly loading efforts to maximize water deliveries” in the Central Valley (CVP) project, a water management effort in the state.
President Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s first lady resorted to a fire -affected area in the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles on January 24, 2025. (Mandal pictures and/getty)
The order calls on various federal agencies to review the environmental programs in the State.
The director of the Office of Management and Budget (Shadow) will also review all the programs, projects and federal activities related to land management, the availability of water, the water supply, the storage of the Water, water infrastructure and disaster preparation and response, according to the executive order.
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Additionally, Trump asked the Cabinet’s secretaries to “be issued by issuing all measures, in accordance with all applicable authorities, to ensure appropriate water resources in southern California,” and issue a report within 15 days of all The resources and authorities available to “fight and prevent” wildfires in the area.
Specifically, the interior and trade departments will designate an official to investigate any “regulatory obstacle” by virtue of current environmental protection laws “that improperly charge each respective water project” and propose a plan to suspend or review any regulations.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk with the governor of California Gavin Newsom at Los Angeles International Airport, Friday, January 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump also asked the Attorney General to launch an investigation into the “misuse” of Los Angeles for federal preparation grants. “These federal preparation grants will not be used to support illegal aliens,” the executive order says.
The city was Recently criticized To reduce the budget of the Fire Corps by $ 17 million, while hundreds of thousands of dollars were allocated to funding programs such as a “Gay Men” Choir and a home for transgender homeless.
The White House suggested that the order “would deliver more water and produce additional hydroelectric hydroelectric, including increasing storage and transportation, and joint exploitation of federal and state facilities, to large communities without need, without need. damage of any opposite state or local laws. “
Kevin Marshall follows his mother’s property in the Pacific Palisades de Los Angeles district, on January 11, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Trump and the first lady Melania Trump visited the areas devastated on Friday for the fires of Los Angeles, committing to the victims to the victims. During a round table With the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass and other state officials.
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“I don’t think you can realize -the roughness, the devastating one until he sees it,” Trump said about the damage of fire. “The federal government is behind, 100%.”
Alex Schemmel of Fox News contributed to this report.