As with all health matters, prevention beats treatment. Unfortunately, more money is made via fire suppression as opposed to prevention. Millions of dollars are thrown at California forest management, yet there is a noticeable lack of necessary funding for restorative programs. It is time for an audit to ensure funds go where they are intended: routine brush clearing, tree thinning, and grazing. We will expand the use of Indigenous cultural burning and engage more land stewardship within the California Conservation Corps while modeling California’s forest management after successful programs such as New Mexico’s Rio Grande Water Fund. In addition, we will expand outreach to educate the public on the benefits of rebuilding topsoil so as to reduce catastrophic fires around homes, buildings, and infrastructure.