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Senate approves $2.5 billion emergency package to jump-start Los Angeles wildfire recovery
Summary
The California Senate unanimously passed SBX13 as part of a $2.5 billion emergency package to fund immediate cleanup, remediation, housing and school rebuilding in areas hit by January wildfires, with reporting and federal-reimbursement provisions.
The California State Senate on Jan. 23 approved SBX13, a budget-related emergency measure that is part of a $2.500 billion package to speed cleanup and recovery in areas of Los Angeles County affected by January wildfires.
SBX13 "appropriates up to $1,000,000,000 in one-time general fund for augmentations to departments and agencies to be used in accordance with the disaster response emergency operations account requirements in areas of the state affected by the wildfire state of emergency declared by the governor in January of this year," Senate Majority Leader Scott Wiener said on the floor. The measure also designates $4,000,000 one-time general fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for a grant program to help local governments expedite homeowner rebuilding, and $1,000,000 one-time general fund for assistance to impacted local educational agencies to rebuild and recover school facilities damaged by the wildfires.
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