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Trump Threatens To End Calif. Wildfire Aid Unless Newsom Changes Water Policy

"Former President Trump threatened to withhold federal aid to battle California wildfires, should he be reelected, if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) does not change a policy that protects an endangered species of fish.

Trump said during a roughly hourlong press conference Friday at his Los Angeles area golf club that if elected, he would give California “more water than almost anybody has,” allowing farmers to have full use of their land.

The amount of water that can be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is limited under federal and state regulations to protect a fish called the smelt, which has been considered endangered for more than a decade."

Jared Gans reports for The Hill September 13, 2024.

Source: The Hill, 09/16/2024