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Ngisanda kufunda ngenkathi ngibuka umabonakude - ithuluzi eliwujuqu lokwandisa imfundo yomuntu - ukuthi izichazamazwi ezintathu ezihlonishwayo zihlanganisa ezinye izincazelo zegama. ngokoqobo ngo-2013 lokho empeleni kufana “nokuthathwa ngokomfanekiso.” Lesi yisizathu sami #827 sokungabi nabantwana: bazokhuluma i-jibberish uma benamathela ekuthandweni kwe-Oxford, Cambridge kanye ne-Merriam-Webster.
Kepha ngididekile.
Ngiphakamisa leli phuzu ukuze ngigcizelele ukuthi uma ngithi ababambiqhaza bamahlathi asemadolobheni aseCalifornia babengenayo imali yesifundazwe eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngizofunda esikoleni esidala y'all. Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, Uhlelo lwe-CAL FIRE lwe-Urban and Community Forestry lwakhishwa ezikhwameni zebhondi. Izimali ze-Urban Streams ezabelwa ngo-2012 zafakwa esitofini. Futhi isiphetho se-EEMP sashesha ehlobo njengoba ababambiqhaza bebesebenza ukwakha Uhlelo olusha Lwezokuthutha Olusebenzayo. Sacwila ngokoqobo eNkathini Yobumnyama… ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, kunjalo.
Eminyakeni emibili impela kamuva, iCalifornia ineSabelomali Sombuso esingabandakanyi izigidi, hhayi amashumi ezigidi, kodwa amakhulu wezigidi zamadola ngezinhlelo eziningi zesibonelelo sikahulumeni, okungenani, ezinobudlelwane obunengqondo namahlathi asemadolobheni.
U-$101 wezigidi ngezibonelelo zokulawula amanzi ezikhukhula: Isiphakamiso 1 sisho ngokwezwi nezwi ukuthi "amaphrojekthi afanelekile angafaka, kodwa angeke akhawulelwe, kwingqalasizinda eluhlaza." (Kulungile - mhlawumbe "izwi nezwi" kwakuyigama elingcono lapho.)
U-$400 wezigidi Zohlelo Lwezindlu Ezithengekayo kanye Nemiphakathi Esimeme: “Ukusetshenziswa Okufanelekile Kwezimali kubandakanya, kodwa akugcini nje…
$120 wezigidi zoHlelo Lwezokuthutha Olusebenzayo: Uma uzibuza ukuthi lokhu kuhlangana kanjani namahlathi asemadolobheni, shayela u-Claire ku- Amigos de los Rios othole imiklomelo emibili emjikelezweni wokuqala wesibonelelo sikahulumeni.
U-$7.6 million we-River Parkways. $6.7 million we-EEMP. U-$10 wezigidi ngohlelo olusha lwe-Outdoor Environmental Education. Awukwazi ngempela ukwenza lezi zinto. Cha, engikushoyo kukhona… linda, manje ngididekile.
Oh, futhi ngikhohliwe ukusho ukuthi kokubili isiShayamthetho kanye noMbusi okwamanje bayasekela $ 37.8 million ngoba Uhlelo lwe-CAL FIRE lwe-Urban and Community Forestry Programme, ezovotelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuleli hlobo. Cishe leyo mali ilingana neziphakamiso 12, 40, no-84 ezabelwe lolu hlelo… zihlangene!
Ngakho-ke njengoba siphela ngoJuni futhi siphokophele osukwini lweNkululeko, thatha isikhashana upheqa uhlu lwezinketho zoxhaso lwezimali zamahlathi asemadolobheni phambi kwakho nabaholi bomphakathi wakho. Asikaze silubone ngokoqobo lolu hlobo losekelo lwengqalasizinda eluhlaza yasemadolobheni emlandweni wase-California. Kupholile, huh?
Futhi yebo, ngikhathazekile ukuthi i-Cambridge ne-Oxford bangamangalela ngokwehlisa isithunzi. Ngenhlanhla, bachibiyela incazelo yokwehliswa isithunzi ngo-2014 ukuze babonise “isimo senjabulo lapho umuntu engeke abekwe icala ngezenzo zakhe noma amazwi alotshiwe.”