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Firefighter Apprentices
Season 2024
Episode 54
During his 2018 campaign, Governor Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office, to help boost California's economy. So far, firefighters lead the pack. California allocated more than $130 million for its apprenticeships in the last budget year and around 3/4 have come from either the building trades or from firefighters.
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