FEMA Reverses Course on Rim Fire Declaration
From The Sacramento Bee:
“President Barack Obama declared this summer’s Rim fire a major disaster Friday, reversing an earlier denial of aid following an appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown.
“State officials included more current Rim fire damage estimates in Brown’s Dec. 3 appeal than in his original Oct. 8 letter requesting a presidential major disaster declaration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected that request early last month.”
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