According to the L.A. Times, that's not true...the LAFD budget increased...but no amount of pre-fire

increase would have mattered when 40-80 mph Santa Ana winds blew the fires through thousands of acres of very dry chaparral in the hills above L.A..

Hiba, you might want to pass this along to Tampa...

Link: https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/09/factcheck-was-the-lafd-budget-cut-no-it-actually-increased-heres-how/