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Committee reviews wildfire recovery spending, home‑hardening pilot and the recent emergency package for LA fires
Summary
Senators pressed Finance about wildfire and forest resilience funding, the pilot community hardening program (county‑based applications) and the $2.5 billion emergency package enacted after recent Los Angeles fires.
Senators used the hearing to press the administration about wildfire recovery, the state's wildfire and forest resilience pilot programs and the administration's post‑fire emergency actions.
Committee members noted recent damaging fires in Los Angeles and asked about funding for community hardening and home‑hardening programs. Finance staff explained that a pilot community hardening program has been run county‑by‑county, leveraging FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; the initial pilot counties (including Lake, San Diego and Shasta) were selected…
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