Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom lobbed a rare compliment at President Trump, saying he’s grateful the president has never “played politics” with disaster declarations following major wildfires in California or last year’s Oroville dam emergency.
Last month Newsom, Trump and Gov. Jerry Brown toured the Camp Fire in Butte County, which burned more than 18,000 structures and killed 85 people, as well as the Woolsey Fire in Southern California that killed three people.
“We’re grateful that he came,” Newsom said Monday after state legislators were sworn into office in Sacramento. “We’re grateful…
