{"id":187559,"date":"2025-01-25T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T18:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=187559"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T18:32:30","slug":"working-together-for-fire-survivors-governor-newsom-welcomes-president-trump-to-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=187559","title":{"rendered":"Working together for fire survivors, Governor Newsom welcomes President Trump to Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

While we work on recovery, we\u2019re also deploying crews across the region to protect against potential mudslides from the rains expected this weekend. We\u2019re not out of the woods but the people of Los Angeles should know we\u2019re not leaving your side.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yesterday, Governor Newsom was joined by legislative and local leaders as he signed a\u00a0$2.5 billion disaster relief package<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for 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.<\/p>\n

Deploying crews to protect communities from potential mudslides<\/h2>\n

The state\u00a0began prepositioning<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0flood 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Supporting recovery, protecting survivors<\/h2>\n

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:<\/p>\n