No taxpayer bailout for CA....Let them live with their decisions

[postman]

global cooling strikes again!

Remember, it's global climate change. Which means shifting weather patterns. Where warm air currents can hit the arctic, which drives frigid weather southward. Like what happened in Texas and their power grid failure.

 

[Zafira Cherry]

No it wasnt, it was stupidity that caused it, Not working to lessen the underbrush and not filling the reservoirs.

Grunt,, where does the water come from to fill the reservoirs.

 

[postman]

Department of Homeland Security Announces $300 Million in Direct Funding to Communities Receiving Migrants and $340 Million for a New Competitive Awards Process

Maybe you don't know the difference between DHS and FEMA.

 

[Moonglow]

global cooling strikes again!

I am sure the temperature was median in some parts of the Earth like the equator area.

 

[eagle1462010]

Maybe you don't know the difference between DHS and FEMA.

Maybe you dont understand the word ILLEGAL

 

[1srelluc]

Apparently you have no clue how FEMA money is allocated.

It doesn't go into the states general fund.

Who said anything about FEMA?

Most of the rebuilding money goes into HUD programs and there is where it gets waylaid.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

www.france24.com · en · americasBiden approves emergency disaster declaration for Texas ...​

Feb 20, 2021 · President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas which has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages during a deadly deep freeze.

www.bloomberg.com · news · articlesTexas Demands Aid From Biden as Freeze Threatens Border ...​

Dec 20, 2022 · Texas Governor Greg Abbott urged President Joe Biden to send federal aid to secure the US-Mexico border as a winter freeze approaches that is expected to deliver bone-chilling cold.

 

[postman]

Maybe you dont understand the word ILLEGAL

It's what MAGA's claim of democrats, while the MAGA administration was/is filled with convicted felons.

 

[eagle1462010]

It's what MAGA's claim of democrats, while the MAGA administration was/is filled with convicted felons.

From Kangaroo Courts

America REJECTED YOUR BS

 

[postman]

Who said anything about FEMA?

Were you not talking about California and FEMA funds?

 

[postman]

America REJECTED YOUR BS

No, American voted with their pocketbook.
They swallowed what Trump was promising.
If I thought Trump could deliver on even half his promises from tax cuts, to inflation reduction, to deporting millions of illegals, I would have voted for him too.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Grunt,, where does the water come from to fill the reservoirs.

a warming planet has more rain and wet periods dumb ass if that is true what is the problem. as for this particular instance California had the water but ran it off to the ocean because they are STUPID.

 

[1srelluc]

Were you not talking about California and FEMA funds?

Nope, the scope of FEMA is very limited, especially in CA's fire situation.....They mostly coordinate with other agencies but do not have authority over them.

As I stated the bulk of congress approved monies go into agencies like HUD and their various agency offshoots.

Wildfire Actions

FEMA's response to wildfires.

www.fema.gov

 

[kyzr]

Well, FL, with 7% of the US population got 15% of federal disaster funds.
California has close to 12% of the US population, so bailing out CA like the feds did FL, means CA getting 25% of federal disaster spending.

No. Its not a state apportionment, its how much Federal aid each homeowner gets to rebuild.
Hawaii, South Carolina, Florida, and now CA all had major disasters.

 

[sparky]

To my <limited> understanding FEMA just writes the checks to communities to pay off goods and services that may be unrelated to the qualifying emergency .....~S~

 

[postman]

Nope, the scope of FEMA is very limited, especially in CA's fire situation.....They mostly coordinate with other agencies but do not have authority over them.

As I stated the bulk of congress approved monies go into agencies like HUD and their various agency offshoots.

Wildfire Actions

FEMA's response to wildfires.

www.fema.gov

The amazing part is your citation doesn't mention HUD or any other federal agency except FEMA.

Fire Management Assistance Grants
Learn more about how FEMA provides federal support through the FMAG Program.

An FMAG authorization also makes funding available to eligible states and territories through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post Fire program, which can help mitigate wildfire and related hazards by funding eligible wildfire project types like defensible space measures, ignition-resistant construction, and hazardous fuels reduction.

 

[kyzr]

These are the "strings" that CA needs to put into LAW before they get any Federal funds:

1. Those 4 destroyed dams need to be rebuilt & new reservoirs added
2. New building construction needs to be fire-resistant
3. Water storage tanks need to be built along ridge-lines"
4. Would more tanker (jets or prop planes) help?
5. CA's crazy insurance law, limiting pricing causing insurance companies to bail, needs to be revised
6. Use tank trucks to spray salt-water down the mountainsides to kill the brush & around homes. Better mudslides than fires.
7. Bulldoze the tops of ridges to make fire breaks where fire equipment can access quickly
8. Gavin needs to cough up the $3b he got from Trump for new reservoirs or go to prison.

 

[eagle1462010]

To my <limited> understanding FEMA just writes the checks to communities to pay off goods and services that may be unrelated to the qualifying emergency .....~S~

FEMA’s Role in Migrant Assistance: Exploring the Shelter and Services Program

They manage other department money and handed out to states to house illegals while Americans live on the streets.

 

[eagle1462010]

Department of Homeland Security Announces $380 Million in Additional Funding to Communities Receiving Migrants | Homeland Security

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced the allocation of over $380 million through the Shelter and Services Program (SSP). Through the SSP, DHS directly supports communities that are providing critical support such as food, shelter, clothing, acute medical care, and transportation to noncitizens recently released from DHS custody and awaiting their immigration court proceedings. FEMA, in coordination with CBP, is administering these SSP grants with state, local and tribal governments as well as nongovernmental organizations to help prevent the overcrowding of short-term CBP holding facilities. This funding augments the $259.13 million in SSP grants that DHS distributed in April 2024.

 

[kyzr]

These are the "strings" that CA needs to put into LAW before they get any Federal funds:

1. Those 4 destroyed dams need to be rebuilt & new reservoirs added
2. New building construction needs to be fire-resistant
3. Water storage tanks need to be built along ridge-lines"
4. Would more tanker (jets or prop planes) help?
5. CA's crazy insurance law, limiting pricing causing insurance companies to bail, needs to be revised
6. Use tank trucks to spray salt-water down the mountainsides to kill the brush & around homes. Better mudslides than fires.
7. Bulldoze the tops of ridges to make fire breaks where fire equipment can access quickly
8. Gavin needs to cough up the $3b he got from Trump for new reservoirs or go to prison.

This morning I heard that CHUBB is still offering high-end homeowners insurance in CA whereby they come out and spray you roof with a foam fire retardant. It is not subject to the CA insurance limit somehow. Too little - too late.

1. Those 4 destroyed dams need to be rebuilt & new reservoirs added
2. New building construction needs to be fire-resistant
3. Water storage tanks need to be built along ridge-lines"
4. Would more tanker (jets or prop planes) help?
5. CA's crazy insurance law, limiting pricing causing insurance companies to bail, needs to be revised
6. Use tank trucks to spray salt-water down the mountainsides to kill the brush & around homes. Better mudslides than fires.
7. Bulldoze the tops of ridges to make fire breaks where fire equipment can access quickly
8. Gavin needs to cough up the $3b he got from Trump for new reservoirs or go to prison.
9. Subsidize high-end insurance like CHUBB whereby roofs are sprayed with fire retardant