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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, in a seeming rebuke of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from international collaborations.

Newsom traveled this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he was scheduled to speak at an event but was canceled at the last moment. During his trip, he met with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

  • Bongles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Off the top of my head I don’t know what time you’re referring to but…

    Is it “crying” for help, or just trying to utilize FEMA… the thing that’s setup for that exact situation?

    • Broken@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      I was referring to the 2020 fires. And It was both. I say “crying” because literally one week the vocal statement was “we don’t need the federal government” and the next week it was “you need to give us federal aid now”.

      Yes, that is what FEMA is for, and California should (and did) get it. But the F is FEMA is Federal. You can’t have it both ways.

      Again, I’m not for or against the concept. I’m just saying its very clear California is not able to separate.

      • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        17 hours ago

        If California didn’t send $80 billion more to the federal gov’t than it got back every year, I don’t think they’d need FEMA.

        • Broken@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          8 hours ago

          I just responded to another comment about this. I agree that keeping the money we pay to the federal government can be redistributed, but I’m not confident the government has the proper structure to do so.

          Basically, they mismanage what they do today, so why should I conclude they can handle additional responsibilities tomorrow? More money doesn’t fix existing problems. Fix the problems first, get your existing budget in line, address the current responsibilities adequately, and that’s evidence you’ll do a good job with more.