California Governor Javin Newsum asked Congress approximately $ 40 billion to finance disaster confrontation, to help Los Angeles recover and rebuild the areas that destroyed forest fires last month, the Washington Post reported.
“It will require an approach that includes everyone to rebuild after the destroyed fires in Los Angeles,” NiSum said in a post on the X platform.
More financing
“I ask Congress to support the American people and provide funding to face disaster to help California residents recover and rebuild as soon as possible,” said Congress to support the American people and provide a financing to face disaster to help California residents recover and rebuild as soon as possible, “stressing the message that the Washington Post had to reveal.
The Pacific Palisids regions in Los Angeles and Eddina on the eastern side of the city witnessed the worst forest fires that erupted in January. At least 29 people were killed in fires that destroyed or destroyed more than 16,000 buildings.
In his letter to Congress, Newsom wrote that California may require more money in the future, but the required funds “will directly support these societies in immediate and long recovery necessary to rebuild life and property.”
According to the newspaper report, the required funds include the following:
- 16.8 billion dollars for the costs of responding to fire, removing debris, repairing roads, bridges, public buildings and facilities.
- An additional $ 9.9 billion housing and infrastructure costs.
- Two billion dollars in low -income housing credit over the next decade.
- 4.3 billion dollars to grant economic development from the Ministry of Commerce to help support the growth of companies in the areas affected by fires and investment in public works.
- An additional $ 5.3 billion, made by small business administration, such as low -benefit loans for companies, homeowners, tenants and non -profit organizations in the damaged areas of fires.
- $ 51 million to grant homeless workers and unemployment aid to workers, such as professionals working for their own account who are not entitled to obtain regular unemployment benefits.
- $ 350 million for businesses such as weeds removal and forest management on California federal lands, the efforts that the American Forest Affairs will implement.
Expectations
At a meeting with President Donald Trump earlier this month, the California governor urged the president to support the state’s federal relief efforts.
The “Akio Weather” weather forecast expects that the economic damage and losses of forest fires will exceed $ 250 billion, making it the most expensive natural disasters in the history of the United States.
California’s request may officially open a controversial discussion with some Republicans in the House of Representatives who said they wanted to link the conditions of aid provided to the state run by Democrats, while former President Joe Biden was still in office, California leaders promised that the federal government would compensate 100% of Initial recovery costs of the fire for 180 days, but the damage estimates were varied Wide, state officials say the full range of destruction is still inventory, according to the Washington Post.
Economic losses
- The value of the total economic damage and losses of fires is estimated at between 250 billion dollars and 275 billion.
- Fires destroyed more than 12,000 establishments, and the fire settled entire neighborhoods on the ground.
- Fires erupted in various regions of Los Angeles and spread due to the strong winds, which led to the burning of more than 37,000 acres.
It is noteworthy that California has a distinguished economic position in the United States and the world, as it is the largest American economy and alone represents about 15% of US GDP. It can be classified alone as the fifth largest economy in the world, superior to countries such as Britain and India.
