Los Angeles, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom met with President Trump on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport. The President is in Los Angeles to survey areas destroyed by firestorms earlier this month. Next to Air Force One, the Governor welcomed the President to California and emphasized areas of collaboration and coordination with the federal government. Governor Newsom urged President Trump to support Los Angeles recovery and rebuilding efforts.
We welcome President Trump to California with an open hand. Just as President Trump supported California during the pandemic, we will work together again for firestorm survivors and communities across Los Angeles who deserve all the help they can get from federal, state and local governments.
While we work on recovery, we’re also deploying crews across the region to protect against potential mudslides from the rains expected this weekend. We’re not out of the woods but the people of Los Angeles should know we’re not leaving your side.
Governor Gavin Newsom
Yesterday, Governor Newsom was joined by legislative and local leaders as he signed a $2.5 billion disaster relief package for Los Angeles. Already, nearly $118 million of this funding has gone out the door to augment state agencies and departments supporting response and recovery efforts.
Deploying crews to protect communities from potential mudslides
The state began prepositioning flood resources and conducting educational outreach to local communities earlier this week. DWR has 10 flood fight material stockpiles located in Southern California with materials at the ready to deploy 5,650 super sacks, 271,000 burlap sandbags, 777 plastic sheeting rolls, 17,790 wood stakes, among other items.
More than 400 members from the California Conservation Corps will be working on watershed protection at firestorm burn scar areas to place silt fencing, straw wattles, and compost socks to act as physical barriers to filter contaminants found in rainwater runoff. In addition, over 80 California National Guard service members from the 649th Engineering Company are working 24-hour operations at the Sierra Madre Villa debris basin to protect communities from potential mudslides. They are directly supporting LA County Department of Public Works and DWR.
Supporting recovery, protecting survivors
Governor Newsom has issued a number of executive orders in response to the Los Angeles firestorms to help aid in rebuilding and recovery, create more temporary housing, and protect survivors from exploitation and price gouging:
- Providing tax relief to those impacted by the fires. California postponed the individual tax filing deadline to October 15 for Los Angeles County taxpayers. Additionally, the state extended the January 31, 2025, sales and use tax filing deadline for Los Angeles County taxpayers until April 30 — providing critical tax relief for businesses. Governor Newsom suspended penalties and interest on late property tax payments for a year, effectively extending the state property tax deadline.
- Rebuilding Los Angeles faster and stronger. Governor Newsom issued an executive order to streamline the rebuilding of homes and businesses destroyed — suspending permitting and review requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the California Coastal Act.
- Fast-tracking temporary housing and protecting tenants and homeowners. To help provide necessary shelter for those immediately impacted by the firestorms, the Governor issued an executive order to make it easier to streamline construction of accessory dwelling units, allow for more temporary trailers and other housing, and suspend fees for mobile home parks. Governor Newsom also issued an executive order that prohibits landlords in Los Angeles County from evicting tenants for sharing their rental with survivors displaced by the Los Angeles-area firestorms. For homeowners, California has worked with five major lenders, as well as 270 financial institutions, to provide mortgage relief to their customers.
- Mobilizing debris removal and cleanup. With an eye toward recovery, the Governor directed fast action on debris removal work and mitigating the potential for mudslides and flooding in areas burned. He also signed an executive order to allow expert federal hazmat crews to start cleaning up properties as a key step in getting people back to their properties safely. The Governor also issued an executive order to help mitigate risk of mudslides and flooding and protect communities by hastening efforts to remove debris, bolster flood defenses, and stabilize hillsides in affected areas.
- Safeguarding survivors from price gouging. Governor Newsom expanded restrictions to protect survivors from illegal price hikes on rent, hotel and motel costs, and building materials or construction. Report violations to the Office of the Attorney General here.
- Directing immediate state relief. The Governor signed legislation providing over $2.5 billion to immediately support ongoing emergency response efforts and to jumpstart recovery efforts for Los Angeles. California quickly launched CA.gov/LAfires as a single hub of information and resources to support those impacted and bolsters in-person Disaster Recovery Centers.
- Getting kids back in the classroom. Governor Newsom signed an executive order to quickly assist displaced students in the Los Angeles area and bolster schools affected by the firestorms.
- Protecting victims from real estate speculators. The Governor issued an executive order to protect firestorm victims from predatory land speculators making aggressive and unsolicited cash offers to purchase their property.
Get help today
Californians can go to CA.gov/LAfires – a hub for information and resources from state, local and federal government.
Individuals and business owners who sustained losses from wildfires in Los Angeles County can apply for disaster assistance:
- Online at DisasterAssistance.gov
- By calling 800-621-3362
- By using the FEMA smart phone application
- Assistance is available in over 40 languages
- If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service.
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Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice-President Kamala Harris would have won the Presidency with 286 electoral votes.
And, if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass “vigilante” challenges in swing states, Harris would have gained at least another 3,565,000 votes, topping Trump’s official popular vote tally by 1.2 million.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
^^ I’ve read a few Greg Palast articles, what a political fanatic nutcase he is. He makes those bigots on The View look like Republican Cheerleaders.
Man, the democrat party sure has a bunch of mentally ill and violent members.
Did you know that the majority of incarcerated prisoners of violent crime are democrats? That’s if they could vote mind you, and also the reason why come every presidential election time, dem politicians try to pass laws to let those same people vote.
Indeed he did! Spoiled brat didn’t want to risk another chance at being a dictator – his dream of all dreams.
Another violent, drug using democrat arrested for violent threats against the POTUS.
If Democrats keep this up the only people on who rely on assistance from the government will be people affected by national disasters.
^^ Smell my index finger I just had it in Kamala’s back door.
Every politician in CA has had a finger, fist or sausage up her arse.
Gov. Smelt Man is the greatest
Greg Palast is credible, numbers cited by different sources, are not radical, or lies. Many agencies, companies have used his expertise in investigation to determine facts, truth.
Nothing radical about truth, data , numbers, except to those who deny them, such as the don and his conspiracy full cult.
The don is anti truth, science, which is truth based.
This is why faith based religions and conspiracy heads hate science.
The renaissance was about accepting science, proven truth over superstition ( religion), this is why science was deemed the devil, by the church.
The don is attacking science, because it is truth.
Yeah right bigot. Just like msnbc, or the View, or CBS as they’re considering settling Trumps 10 Billion Dollar lawsuit before the trial starts over the 60 minute airing of Kamala interview where the doctored her answers so she didn’t look like the ignorant idiot she is. They already know they’ll lose, but settling out of court could be a helluva lot cheaper. Seems the President you hate so much has been right about the legacy media targeting him just like the left DA’s and Judges, January 6th committee, Bidens DOJ, the FBI, Big Tech, it’s all coming out.
Working together – hello!!! Convicted felon wants nothing to do with California, the majority of us are not his loyal nincompoops, quite the opposite.
Is that why Trump is rushing to help California and said he’s waving any federal regulations to help speed up rebuilding all areas of where the fires have destroyed businesses and homes?
Quit being so fucking ignorant and stupid.
Yeah we know you’re not loyal, but we know you’re nincompoops.
Keep believing in your Kamala and Gavin as they continue to lie to you just like the entire WH under Biden did. President Biden is as sharp as a tack. President Biden runs circles around his aides and they’re in the 20’s and 30’s.
What a bunch of imbeciles you are.
Raise your kids like Barron Trump not like hunter biden.
How come Barron never speaks?
How come you never listen?