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Council accepts nearly $334,000 FEMA grant to fund fuel modification work in two canyons
Summary
The council accepted $334,102.50 in combined FEMA/Cal OES funding toward a fuel‑modification project in Hobson and Diamond canyons and approved local match spending from the wildfire mitigation and fire safety fund.
The Laguna Beach City Council voted to accept a FEMA/Cal OES hazard mitigation grant of $334,102.50 to fund Phase 1 work — environmental study, design and entitlement — for new fuel‑modification areas in Fuel Modification Zones 16 (Hobson Canyon) and 19 (Diamond Canyon).
Why it matters: The projects aim to thin heavy brush, remove dead and dying vegetation, trim or remove hazardous trees and create defensible space to reduce wildfire risk in canyon neighborhoods identified…
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