SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in October that it was limiting the number of days eligible for reimbursement. State and local officials say […]
Jan. 18—The director of the office tasked with administering about $4 billion in relief funding for people who suffered losses caused by the Forest Service-set Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire is leaving her post as part of the consolidation of recovery operations in New Mexico. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Angela Gladwell’s departure on Wednesday. […]
Jan. 14—President Joe Biden has authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist state and local emergency response teams with flood-related emergencies in southeastern Connecticut, including a potential breach of the Fitchville Pond Dam in Bozrah, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Sunday. During a severe storm Jan. 10, state and local teams discovered the privately-owned […]
Every time a hurricane slams into Florida, experts and residents alike come to the same conclusion: new and better building codes work. Newer homes almost always survive powerful hurricanes better than older ones, thanks to Florida building codes that have been beefed up over the last few decades of hurricane strikes. But a FEMA report […]
Jan. 2—The federal agency responsible for doling out funds to people who suffered losses in the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire faces another lawsuit, this one filed by more than a dozen claimants who allege officials misrepresented claim deadlines and delayed relief. The lawsuit, filed recently in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, names the Federal Emergency […]
It has been just over one month since President Joe Biden signed a disaster declaration which made way for millions of federal dollars to assist individuals most harmed by the heavy rains that rolled through the south suburbs on Sept. 17 and 18. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is beginning to wrap-up its tour of […]
Dec. 23—The Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing yet more litigation related to its handling of compensation claims in the aftermath of the largest fire in New Mexico’s history. In recent days, two lawsuits by 24 people affected by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire were filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico. The lawsuits […]