Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5 billion disaster aid package on Thursday, Jan. 23, to help Southern Californians recover from ...

President Donald Trump this week said he wants to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the U.S. faces the daunting task of rebuilding after storm damage in the Southeast and devastating ...

As recovery efforts in the Palisades and Eaton fires begin, California’s Legislature passed a set of bills Thursday to expedite $2.5 billion in “bridge funding” intended to help state and local ...

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster ...

Housing construction permits were already trending downward. Now the wildfires in Los Angeles have taken away at least 10,000 occupied homes.

Note that policy costs in these high-risk states, minus California, averaged $5,040 – roughly 150% more than Golden State prices. And the 48-state average policy of $3,200 is 50% above California’s ...

Lawmakers also approved $4 million for local governments to streamline approvals for rebuilding homes, and $1 million to support school districts and help them rebuild facilities.

After New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion budget proposal this week, local state lawmakers appear to be on board with a new ban on cell phones in schools.

It will be hard for the president to revoke FEMA funding — but a GOP-led Congress could slow down the region’s recovery.