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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe

First, the LA fire department’s budget actually increased by more than 7% compared to the previous fiscal year:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/how-much-did-the-l-a-fire-department-really-cut-its-budget

Second, LA county has a budget of $49.2 billion for the 2024-2025 fiscal year (source). The amount allocated to the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles ($14,010), for instance, represents less than 0.000029% of the total budget. For perspective, that costs your average LA resident less than a fifth of a cent per year. I doubt that this money would have had any meaningful impact on the fire department’s ability to fight wildfires.

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