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Meeting participant says $10 million in USDA wildfire grants frozen, urges federal action
Summary
At a Lake County meeting, a participant reported meetings with Sen. Padilla and federal staff about $10 million in frozen USDA community wildfire defense grants that are delaying local projects before fire season and described engagement with a FEMA reform task force and White House staff.
At a Lake County meeting, Speaker 2, a meeting participant, said they met with U.S. Sen. Padilla and federal staff to press for action on $10,000,000 in frozen U.S. Department of Agriculture community wildfire defense grants that are delaying local projects ahead of fire season.
The participant said the grants affect projects administered through local partners and urged a federal role in resolving the hold-ups. "I met with Senator Padilla directly about, the $10,000,000 in frozen USDA, community wildfire defense grants, that is impacting our community right now," Speaker 2 said.
The update said county representatives also met with Senate banking staffers on…
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