Reports on a study by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) which revealed that California received nearly half of all federal disaster-relief funds in 1988 through 1996. Number of states which contribu...
According toE&E News,Trump had to be convinced to send federal disaster aid to California in 2018, when the state was plagued withdeadly wildfiresthat killed more than 100. Former Trump resiliency policy director Mark Harvey told the outlet that Trump was worried about sending aid to the d...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pushing President Trump for more federal help to fight California’s raging wildfires, including taking new steps to combat climate change trends that experts say have exacerbated this year’s crisis. Trum
The state will be the first in the country to set up a disaster relief fund for undocumented people. Many Americans started receiving their economic relief payments from the IRS yesterday. But there’s one group of taxpayers that did not, and will not, receive any cash fro...
California Got Millions to Train Workers in Disaster Relief, but It’s Leaving Money on Table When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris Associated PressDec. 16, 2024 Medical Debt Totaling $30 Million to Be Paid off in Connecticut Connecticut ...
President Joe Biden later restored the state’s authority, which was upheld in federal court. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency typically sets standards for emissions from passenger cars, trucks and other vehicles, but California has historically been granted waivers to impose its ...
SHUTDOWN LOOMING: Elon Musk may have contributed to the impending federal government shutdown using the power of his own X social media platform to spread misinformation, our Daniella Diaz, Katherine Tully-McManus and Nicholas Wu report. Musk sent out more than 100 X posts as part of his ...
Department of Agriculture can distribute disaster relief. Those disaster declarations have distinct processes for approval separate from the president. Other times, the U.S. government declines to authorize a federal disaster declaration if, say, the damage is not significant enough, said Wara. That ...
Federal support and resources A crucial element of this operation is the backing provided by FEMA, which will reimburse California for the costs associated with sending these teams, given that this is a federally declared disaster. This support enables the state to deploy its resources without je...
Newsom's office noted that California's Department of Justice filed 122 lawsuits against the previous Trump administration in response to the attempts to withhold federal funds. A vow to "Trump-proof" California laws on climate, abortion and immigration ...