<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom passed the buck when asked during an interview over the weekend if the &#8220;buck stops&#8221; with him in relation to the state&#8217;s poor response to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Newsom, who <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/california-gov-gavin-newsom-cut-100m-for-fire-prevention-before-deadly-wildfires-report/">cut $100 million</a> from California&#8217;s fire prevention budget, made the remarks during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked about the investigation that he ordered into why there were water supply issues.</p>
<p>He said that he wants the investigation to answer the question of &#8220;What the hell happened? What happened to the water system?&#8221;</p>
<p>He suggested that they could have run out of water due to the amount of water being used or that there would have been a problem with &#8220;pipes&#8221; or &#8220;electricity.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to know those facts,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;I want them objectively determined, and let the chips fall where they may.&#8221;</p>
<p>Newsom then tried to deflect blame, saying: &#8220;This is not about finger pointing.&#8221;</p>
<p>When asked if he was launching the investigation to deflect blame off himself, Newsom responded: &#8220;I&#8217;m not, how could it be when we&#8217;re doing an independent investigation and we just want the adjudication of the facts?&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;As I say, it&#8217;s not about finger pointing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about answering the questions you and everybody wants answered.&#8221;</p>
<p>When asked point blank if &#8220;the buck stops with you,&#8221; Newsom did not answer the question and instead claimed that people were trying to &#8220;take cheap political shots&#8221; at him.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, I mean, you&#8217;re governor of California. You might as well be the mayor of California,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re all in this together. We&#8217;re all better off when we&#8217;re all better off, and we&#8217;re all better off when we&#8217;re working together to take care of people and to make sure people are supported.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re empathetic,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;And we&#8217;re here not just in the immediacy of the crisis, but we&#8217;re here after the crisis, as opposed to creating a crisis in the middle of this by trying to divide people and play political, take cheap political shots.&#8221;</p>
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