SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill to increase pay for incarcerated firefighters in California is one step closer to landing on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
Assembly bill 247 by Assembly member Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, unanimously passed the Senate Public Safety Committee this week.
The legislation was introduced six months ago when more than 1,000 firefighters were on the front lines of the Eaton and Palisades fires…