Federal Emergency Management Agency Archives

President Biden Approves ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Storm Emergency Funds For California

January 9, 2023 12:14 pm

President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for California on Monday, giving more federal resources for disaster relief and emergency services in preparation for additional damage and rescue needs with another bomb cyclone storm hitting the state. California has already...

Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over Mosquito, Fairview Wildfires

September 9, 2022 12:20 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a new state of emergency on Thursday over two wildfires raging in the state: The Mosquito Fire in El Dorado and Placer Counties, as well as the Fairview Fire in Riverside County. As of Friday morning,...

Sacramento Mayor Proposes Spreading the Homeless Throughout the City

August 5, 2021 8:37 amAugust 7, 2021 7:41 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, the Sacramento City Council and City Manager gave themselves big raises in May, as crime spiked in the city, as the drug-addicted homeless multiplied, while the city was still in the red tier of the Governor’s...

Gov. Newsom Announces 2 New Joint-FEMA Mass Vaccination Sites In California

February 3, 2021 2:30 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would be joining up with FEMA to create 2 new large-scale mass vaccination sites. At a press conference outside the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, Governor Newsom said that the sites chosen were...

FEMA Names LA County As ‘Riskiest’ In Nation

January 4, 2021 6:51 pm

During the weekend the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a list of the most dangerous areas of the United States, naming Los Angeles County as the riskiest place to live in the country. While the pandemic was not counted as...

San Francisco Housing Advocates Protest Scaling Back Homeless Sheltering Program

December 29, 2020 2:21 amDecember 28, 2020 9:05 pm

On Sunday, housing advocates led by Hotels not Hospitals protested in San Francisco’s Union Square over a city plan to scale back a program that has placed homeless individuals in hotels. The program, started earlier this year to protest the...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Plan to Stop NIMBYs From Blocking Homeless Shelters

December 8, 2020 8:59 amDecember 8, 2020 3:34 pm

Rather than finding ways to get Sacramento’s large homeless population the emergency medical and mental health services they need, Mayor Darrell Steinberg is threatening city residents with tent cities in their neighborhoods. Calling Sacramento residents “NIMBYs,” Steinberg wants the city...