{"id":97787,"date":"2020-03-22T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T04:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=97787"},"modified":"2020-03-22T21:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T04:39:53","slug":"california-secures-presidential-major-disaster-declaration-to-support-states-covid-19-emergency-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=97787","title":{"rendered":"California Secures Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Support State\u2019s COVID-19 Emergency Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that President Donald Trump has approved California\u2019s request, submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/22\/governor-newsom-requests-presidential-major-disaster-declaration-for-states-covid-19-response-efforts\/\">earlier today<\/a>, for a presidential Major Disaster Declaration to bolster California\u2019s COVID-19 emergency response efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today we requested a presidential Major Disaster Declaration and this afternoon we got it,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cThe declaration will supplement our state\u2019s comprehensive COVID-19 surge planning and make vital resources available. We appreciate the quick response and partnership from the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Major Disaster Declaration makes federal funding available to state, tribal and local governments for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, and makes funding available for crisis counseling for impacted individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The State of California and local governments have taken extraordinary steps to protect public health in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Last week, the Governor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-emergency-legislation-to-fight-covid-19\/\">signed emergency legislation<\/a>\u00a0allocating $1.1 billion toward the state\u2019s response,\u00a0issued\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/19\/governor-gavin-newsom-issues-stay-at-home-order\/\">Stay at Home order<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/20\/governor-newsom-deploys-california-national-guard-to-help-distribute-food-at-food-banks-protect-californias-most-vulnerable\/\">deployed the National Guard to help support food banks<\/a>,\u00a0and signed an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/03\/21\/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-fight-the-covid-19-surge\/\">executive order<\/a>\u00a0to prepare the health care system for a possible surge in cases. Learn more about the state\u2019s ongoing COVID-19 emergency response\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/california-takes-action-to-combat-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that President Donald Trump has approved California\u2019s request, submitted earlier today, for a presidential Major Disaster Declaration to bolster California\u2019s COVID-19 emergency response efforts. \u201cEarlier today we requested a presidential Major Disaster Declaration and this afternoon we got it,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cThe declaration will supplement our state\u2019s comprehensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,33,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-health-fitness","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GovernorSeal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}