Senator Cortese is a coauthor (1 of 14) of SB 581 , the bill to transition FF1’s to year round employment. Lazy reporting and/or verbal misunderstanding by the reporter. To be fair lawmaking/budget writing is pretty obtuse.
My amateur reading of the May revise shows no additional money for year round implementation either in money or positions. Which make sense as it could become a 2 year bill or not pass at all. If it does pass and is signed, if needed Newsom can always tap the various funds/authorities to keep employment thru this winter. A much more likely scenario would be for CalFire and Human resources to spend the time up to next years budget coming up with the process for the transitions and insert the money in next years (or 2027’s) budget, depending upon when it goes into effect.