Subject: Re: Bill Maher keeping it real, on Cali
Bill Maher talking about highest in the nation state taxes vs the LA fires, and asking where do his state taxes go?

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Certainly not into maintaining the existing fire truck fleet. Other headlines reflect 1 in 7 fire trucks setting in the yard waiting on repairs....


Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley confirmed that more than 100 fire trucks — over half the fleet — were in need of repairs and out of commission due to budget cuts when wildfires ravaged the area this week.

Crowley made the comments in an interview with CNN on Saturday, one day after asserting the city failed the department she commands, saying budget cuts eliminated civilian positions, like mechanics, that led to the trucks sitting idly in a parking lot.

The LAFD fleet has 183 fire trucks, the Daily Mail reported.

"Let me be clear. The $17 million budget cuts and elimination of our civilian positions, like our mechanics, did and has and will continue to severely impact our ability to repair our apparatus," Crowley told CNN, referring to the $17.4 million in LAFD budget cuts approved by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in June.