President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have found common ground in attacking the California Coastal Commission, tasked with protecting roughly 1,100 miles of ocean coastline, reports The New York Times.

Ric Grenell, a top Trump aide, last month said the agency “needs to absolutely be defunded.”

He also echoed Trump’s calls for “conditions” for wildfire recovery aid, saying “we are going to have strings on the money that we give to California.”

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