Assembly committee advances bill to create state individual disaster assistance program
The Assembly Emergency Management Committee voted to pass AB 262 to the appropriations committee. The bill would establish the California Individual Assistance Act to let Cal OES provide grants for individual and community disaster needs when federal aid is unavailable; members debated eligibility, funding and implementation details.
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Assemblymember Heath Colosa’s AB 262, the California Individual Assistance Act, was advanced out of the Assembly Emergency Management Committee on a 4–2 vote, sending the measure to the Committee on Appropriations.
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