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June 17, 2019 newswires No comments Views: 15

Disaster relief funds will go to Colusa County

Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)

Jun. 17--Money from a relief fund signed last week by President Trump has been designated to cover damages that occurred in Colusa County.

Last week Trump signed a $19.1 billion dollar disaster relief bill aimed to support Americans impacted by recent disasters.

"Natural disasters fueled by climate change have wreaked havoc on nearly every corner of the United States in recent years," said Congressman John Garamendi, California's Third District representative, who voted yes on the bill when it passed through the House of Representatives. "This legislation provides critical services to help communities recover from recent disasters and to prepare for any similar events in the future."

Garamendi said, the legislation includes $1 billion in funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to address flooding that occurred during this year and last year -- which could provide critical support in Lake, Glenn, Butte, and Colusa counties.

"The bill also includes $720 million for the U.S. Forest Service to strengthen forest management efforts, $3 billion to help local farmers recover from losses sustained by disasters, and $349.4 million to repair local drinking water systems -- including the water system in Paradise, Calif., destroyed by the 2018 Camp Fire," Garamendi said.

While Colusa County is not specifically listed as an aid recipient in the declaration, due to a House of Representative ban on earmarked funds, Eric Olsen, communications director for Garamendi, said Colusa County will receive disaster relief funding because Garamendi joined his California Congressional colleagues in April to petition the president to grant the state a presidential emergency declaration based on Gov. Gavin Newsom's declaration that was issued earlier this year and Colusa County was listed by name on both of the declarations.

"That request for a Presidential emergency declaration for Colusa and the other counties named in California's emergency proclamation was granted following Garamendi's letter with his fellow California delegation Representatives to President Trump," Olsen said. "That allows Colusa to become eligible for the funds in this bill."

Olsen said the damage included in the declarations is mostly flooding and structural damage that occurred during heavy winter storms in April.

Michael Azevedo, assistant director for the Colusa County Public Works Department, said the department is extremely pleased to see the assistance being made available.

Azevedo said the majority of the repairs -- which totaled about $850,000 -- have already been completed at the expense of the county.

"We chose to perform the repairs as soon as conditions allowed, and did not wait for the financial assistance," Azevedo said.

The funding provided by the bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The legislation also reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through Sept. 30, 2019.

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(c)2019 the Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.)

Visit the Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.) at www.appeal-democrat.com

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