"The FOFA helps America increase our resilience to catastrophic wildfires, restore forest health and build fire-safety defenses for communities in high-risk areas. It's a good bipartisan start (rare these days!) to protecting forests so trees can continue their important work pulling climate pollution out of the atmosphere. In the U.S., the annual area burned by wildfires has more than doubled over the past 30 years. In California alone, acreage burned by wildfires every year has more than tripled over the past 40 years."
"SJ couldn't affordprogram for jobless Re: SJ should offer jobless work clearing trash (Page A6, Nov. 25). The writer suggested hiring unemployed people to clean up our cities. The Downtown Street Team hired homeless and unemployed people for community beautification and clean-up projects. Those people were provided with job training and placement assistance, and help in obtaining permanent housing. Unfortunately, the Downtown Street Team closed Oct. 31, 2025, because of a lack of funding. Max SteinkeSan Jose"
The Fix Our Forests Act aims to increase resilience to catastrophic wildfires, restore forest health, and build fire-safety defenses for high-risk communities. Annual U.S. wildfire burn area has more than doubled over 30 years and California acreage has more than tripled over 40 years, worsening carbon loss, fatalities, smoke pollution, and rebuilding costs. A Downtown Street Team previously hired homeless and unemployed people for beautification, job training, placement assistance, and housing help but closed Oct. 31, 2025 due to lack of funding. The Department of Education ruled registered nursing is not a professional degree and is canceling related grants and loans, reducing access to nursing careers.
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