Incarcerated firefighters serving time in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system are on edge as they await Gov. Gavin Newsom decision to sign or reject Assembly Bill (AB) 247.

Authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights), the bill was passed on Sept. 12 by the California legislature and has made its way to the governor’s desk for consideration.

If Newsom approves AB 247, it will establish a pay raise for incarcerated firefighters.

“Right now, the incarcerated firefighters in California make roughly $1 an hour for their back-breaking, heroic labor,” Bryan said. “I believe that we can do better, and I believe that we should do better. Nobody should put their life on the line and earn less than the minimum wage. This bill raises the incarcerated fir

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