ndi Chuck Mills
Tsopano popeza CAL FIRE yalandira ndalama zoposa $17 miliyoni zogulira malonda kuti zithandizire Urban and Community Forestry, tonse tiyenera kuchita chikondwerero… kwa miyezi inayi.
Kupambana kumodzi kumeneku kukuyimira kupambana kwakukulu kwa tonsefe, koma nkhondo yotsatira ku State Capitol ingakhale ya jackpot - mwayi wopezera ndalama za nthawi yaitali za nkhalango zakumidzi.
Chilankhulo chowonjezera cha bajeti ya boma (yomwe nthawi zambiri imatchedwa bilu ya ngolo) yomwe idzasayinidwe Ndi Bwanamkubwa Brown m'masiku akubwerawa akhazikitsa njira yopezera ndalama kwanthawi yayitali yomwe idapangidwa kuti itseke zokambirana za momwe ndalama zogulitsira zogulitsira zimathandizira njanji zothamanga kwambiri, nyumba zotsika mtengo, ntchito zamaulendo, ulimi, komanso zoyendera. Izi zonse ziyenera kulipidwa pamilingo yodziwika kwamuyaya, kapena mpaka kugulitsa kwamalonda kutayima.
Gawo lachiwiri la phukusili likutchula magawo khumi omwe azidzaperekedwa pachaka kudzera mu ndondomeko ya bajeti. Zinthuzi zikuphatikizapo nkhalango za m’matauni, pamodzi ndi mapaki, thanzi la m’nkhalango, zoyendera za carbon yochepa ndi madambo kutchulapo zochepa chabe. Kuphatikiza, zinthu khumizi zidzagawa 40% ya ndalama zonse zogulitsa ndi malonda mpaka kalekale. Komabe, pali zosintha zomwe zaseweredwa kale zomwe zingapangitse 2015 kukhala chaka cha "kupanga kapena kuswa" m'derali.
Mwachitsanzo, atsogoleri akuluakulu azamalamulo akufuna kupanga pulogalamu yoyendetsera ndalama zomwe zimawongolera ndalama zonse pazolinga zina. Zokonda zina mu gawo lazachilengedwe zikufuna kuwona madambo, nkhalango za m'matauni ndi thanzi la nkhalango zikuthandizidwa kudzera m'malo oteteza zachilengedwe osati CAL FIRE ndi dipatimenti ya Nsomba ndi Zinyama zakuthengo. Ndipo chidwi chilichonse chomwe sichinapange mndandanda wa anthu osankhikawo chidzakhala chokonzekera kuti chifike chaka chamawa, ngati sichoncho kale.
Chifukwa chake gawo lakhazikitsidwa ku California ReLeaf, Network yathu, ndi othandizana nawo ku Sacramento. Ngati ndondomeko ya kagawidwe ka chuma yapachaka ikugwira ntchito, tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti CAL FIRE ikupitiriza kukhala patsogolo pa zankhalango za m’tauni, komanso kuti gawo la 2014-15 lionedwe ngati lapansi – osati denga – la ndalama za chaka chamtsogolo.
Ngati njira yanthawi yayitali ikhazikitsidwa, sitiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti CAL FIRE ikhalabe patsogolo pazankhalango za m'tauni, komanso kuwonetsetsa kuti timalandira ndalama zosachepera 2% ya ndalama zonse zomwe zimagulitsidwa mpaka kalekale. Izi zitha kukhala paliponse kuyambira $15 miliyoni mpaka $50 miliyoni chaka chilichonse, kutengera ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa pachaka ndi malonda.
Chifukwa chake sangalalani tsopano, koma musaiwale kuti pali mpikisano wina patsogolo pathu. Ndipo mphothoyo ikhoza kukhala ndalama zomwe sizinachitikepo za nkhalango zakutawuni kwa zaka zosachepera zisanu.
Chuck Mills ndi Woyang'anira Grants ku California ReLeaf.