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After devastating Orange County flooding in July 2023, FEMA gives $2 million for repairs
Pat Ryan announced May 29 the town of Woodbury will receive more than $2 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
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Medicaid and SNAP threats rattle low-income residents in Alameda County
In Alameda County, about 170,000 people receive benefits through CalFresh, the state’s SNAP program, according to the Alameda ...
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Floods exposed weaknesses in California prisons’ emergency plans — but they still aren’t ready
The floods that year ultimately did not reach the prisons, but the threat they posed illustrated how California’s 90,000-prisoner corrections system has failed to prepare for natural disasters.
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California bill would prioritize illegal immigrants for disaster aid: lawmaker
A new California bill would prioritize illegal immigrants for taxpayer-funded disaster aid, warned California Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego. AB 262, authored by Assemblymember Jessica ...
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FEMA disaster recovery centers opening in West Virginia to assist flood victims
McDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is starting to open up disaster recovery centers in portions of southern West Virginia hit hard by winter flooding.