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Mitigation director urges flexible disaster-mitigation funding; ‘AGR 1’ motion approved for first reading
Summary
Stefania Stevens, mitigation director for the California Residential Mitigation Program, urged more flexible federal and state mitigation funding to address increasing climate-driven disasters in California. A motion labeled “AGR 1” was put on first reading and recorded as approved in a roll call.
Stefania Stevens, mitigation director for the California Residential Mitigation Program, told the meeting that California communities face growing climate-driven hazards and need flexible mitigation funding to prevent and recover from disasters.
Stevens described increasing frequency of wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events in California and said mitigation and recovery funding must not be interrupted by rigid program rules. She said federal, state and local funding streams all play roles and told members that the program regularly makes grants to help…
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