For more than a month from December 2018 through January 2019, thousands of National Park Service employees were furloughed nationwide — but the Trump administration kept many national parks open. Social Security and health careMost Californians shouldn’t worry about a federal shutdown impacting their Social Security benefits or their health care access in the near term. One group that could be disproportionately affected by even a brief federal shutdown are native and indigenous populations. Wildfires and disastersA federal shutdown won’t ground firefighters, but could slow the money that pays for future disaster prep. The National Parks Conservation Association estimates that the National Park Service has lost 24% of its permanent staff since Trump’s second term began, and left thousands of seasonal positions unfilled.