President Donald J. Trump Approves California Disaster Declaration

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President Donald J. Trump Approves California Disaster Declaration

Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage ( More Entries )

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News Release:

    Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on October 8, 2017, and continuing.

    Federal funding is available to the State and to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in the counties of Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Sonoma, and Yuba.

    Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

    Brock Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named William Roche as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected areas.

    Damage assessments are continuing in other areas, and more counties and additional forms of assistance may be designated after the assessments are fully completed.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT THE FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR FEMA-NEWS-DESK@FEMA.DHS.GOV.

     Contact: White House • whitehouse.gov/the-press-office

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