MICHELLE N. MEYERS
JOURNALIST - ARTIST - VOYAGER
ORLEANS FIRE COMPLEX
With so many fires going on this season at such high intensities, firefighters have been strapped for resources.
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This year to date, 6,744 fires that have burned a total of 731,260 acres according to Cal Fire. Currently, there are 35 wildfires burning statewide according to the Incident Information System, InciWeb. In order to battle the blazes, there have also been some 21,000 firefighters assigned to fires in 10 Western States. (NIFC)
PROPOSITION 64
“Its largely going to benefit the state and its going to benefit the corporations that have lobbied the state and are interested in coming in and taking over this billion dollar market and I really feel like we're going to see the status quo just tilt in their favor and out of the hands of the people who have really built this industry, which is the small farmers.” - Ross Keen (Emerald Family Farms)