Biden approves sweeping disaster declaration for SoCal fires

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : The emergency declaration makes California eligible for federal assistance to individuals and public infrastructure.
30% : The governor made a veiled contrast between Biden and Trump on Tuesday, as he credited the current president with swiftly approving federal grants for fire management, which will offset 75 percent of the cost of fighting the blazes.
21% : In this case, that standard process would occur well after Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20 -- a prospect that has raised alarm in California, given Trump's repeated threats to withhold wildfire aid.
6% : President Joe Biden approved a sweeping disaster declaration for the Southern California fires, committing a wide range of federal assistance to the region amid fears that President-elect Donald Trump would balk at helping out the Democratic bastion.Appearing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a fire station just outside the site of the devastating Palisades fire, Biden called the conflagrations "astounding.""We're doing anything and everything and as long as it takes to contain these fires ... to make sure you get back to normal," Biden said.

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