Federal Aid
Trump order seeks to preempt local permitting for Los Angeles wildfire rebuilds and triggers FEMA audit of California grants
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing FEMA and the Small Business Administration to consider rules that would override state and local pre-approval permitting steps for federally funded rebuilding in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon burn areas, while ordering an audit of California’s unspent Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds.
Only about one-fifth of federal disaster aid applications from Texas' Kerr County have been approved more than three months after deadly July 4 floods. The low approval rate has left hundreds without assistance, prompting questions from advocates. Nonprofits are stepping in to provide support amid the delays.