The Governor of California Gavin Newsom has asked the Congress nearly $ 40 billion to help Los Angeles and to restore the surrounding areas of the deadly forest fires that raged out of hand last month.
Newsom, who has previously warned that the fires could be the most expensive natural disaster in history, wrote a letter to Huispreker Mike Johnson (R-La.) And Homemid leader Hakeem Jeffries to ask for their help.
“Los Angeles is one of the most economically productive places in the world, but it can only come back and bloom with the support of the federal government as the recovery of this unprecedented disaster,” Newsom also wrote to Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), The chairman of the Huis Kredietcommissie; and rep. Rosa Delauro from Connecticut, the main democrat in that committee.
The fires, which burned for weeks when firefighters worked to get them under control, kill at least 29 people, destroyed more than 16,000 structures and cracks more than 57,000 hectares of land in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena and Altadena.
The total economic loss of the fires is estimated at $ 250 billion, including factors such as expected clean -up costs, housing displacement and companies that are closed.
Verschies of the real estate of the Palisades and the Eaton fires are predicted that they will surpass $ 30 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The letter from Newsom to Wetgepers reveals how the $ 39.7 billion in aid he asks will be spent on rebuilding houses, infrastructure, companies, schools, churches and health care facilities.
The majority of the money – an extra $ 16.8 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – will be used to rebuild real estate and infrastructure. $ 5 billion will be reserved for cleaning up debris.
The Governor of California Gavin Newsom wrote a letter to the congress asking $ 39.7 billion in help for the forest fires in Los Angeles that raged last month, killing at least 29 people and caused billions of dollars to damage
The letter was addressed to house speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and two representatives of the House Appropriations Committee. Speaker Johnson has Doorschem for all help to California will have conditions
Newsom also asked $ 9.9 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide subsidies to victims of fire brigade, homeowners, tenants and companies.
He wants the Small Business Administration to send the state $ 5.29 billion for loans from homeowners and companies, while also increasing the maximum of the home reconstruction loan from $ 500,000 to $ 2 million.
In addition, he asks for $ 4.32 billion from recovery fairs for local governments of the Economic Development Administration and $ 2 billion in tax declaration with a low income of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
President Donald Trump and speaker Johnson have both suggested that there can be conditions that California must meet to continue to get federal help for the forest fires.
During the conservative political action conference on Friday, Trump's special envoy Ric Grenell confirmed this and said polico 'there will be conditions'.
One of Trump's demands could be to remove federal dollars from the California Coastal Commission, a state agency that protects the access from public protection to beaches, but also criticized for the heavy hassle on development.
Last month, Trump confronted the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass about potential over regulation that stood in the way of the reconstruction.
“I think squeezing their federal funds, making sure they don't get money and put strings on them to get rid of the California Coastal Commission, will make California better,” Grenell said.
Newsom did not oppose President Donald Trump in his letter to the congress, but he previously thanked his administration or what it has done so far in supporting the removal of the fire waste (shown: firefighters look at a helicopter water falls on De Palisade -Brand on January 11, 2025))
Newsom's plea for help came when the federal government – congress republicans and the Trump government – are strongly focused on reducing costs
The letter from Newsom to the Congress does not state his loaded relationship with Trump, but he thanked the current administration for what it has done so far in supporting the removal of fire waste.
“We are eternally grateful,” wrote Newsom. 'And we are convinced that if we work together, Los Angeles will continue to serve as a beacon for the world and the city will place the city on a solid ground in the coming years while it houses the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games – and thrive For the century to come. '
The plea of ​​Newsom comes as Trump and Elon Musk in the middle of a project to lower the federal editions that they are wasting and fraudulent through the Ministry of Government Efficiency.
Congress republicans are also in the grip of preparing their $ 340 billion budget law, with the Senate ramming their version until early Friday past lines.
A definitive package will probably contain about an extension of $ 4.5 trillion in tax cuts, as well as cutbacks on Medicaid and other programs for social safety net.
