Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has said he wants to see Californians "harden" their homes to protect them from deadlywildfires, but he declined yesterday to endorse a proposed $1 billion fund to help homeowners pay for retrofitsand did not include any funding for home hardening when he released his latest budget proposal.Releasing his budget revisions at the Capitol, Newsom reiterated his support for fire-resistant roofs and otherfeatures that can protect homes during megafires. He cited reporting by McClatchy that showed half the homesbuilt to stricter building codes survived the November 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings,compared with the 18% survival rate for older homes built when less stringent codes were in effect."Hardening homes is profoundly important," he said.
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机译：州长加文·纽瑟姆（Gavin Newsom）（D）表示，他希望看到加利福尼亚人“加固”房屋，以保护他们免受致命的野火袭击，但他昨天拒绝批准一项拟议的10亿美元基金，以帮助房主支付翻新费用 r n在发布最新的预算提案时，没有提供任何用于房屋加固的资金。 r n纽瑟姆在国会大厦发布预算修订案时重申，他支持耐火屋顶和其他可在大火中保护房屋的功能。他引用了麦克拉奇（McClatchy）的报告，该报告显示，按照更严格的建筑法规建造的房屋中有一半在2018年11月的营火中幸存下来，摧毁了近19,000栋建筑物，而在不那么严格的法规下建造的旧房屋的存活率为18％效果。 r n “加固房屋非常重要，”他说。
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