'This is your Hurricane Katrina': Former FEMA heads describe long road ahead for L.A.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "The floodgates for federal assistance are now open, and there's a method to request and receive those resources and pay for it all -- so that's the positive thing about what's going on," Gaynor said.
45% : "President Trump has been in office before and he's seen disasters.
40% : "Gaynor said such remarks are "not useful," but also aren't cause for alarm -- at least when it comes to the federal government's immediate aid to L.A.Gaynor said he worked with both Trump and Newsom on emergency responses during Trump's last term, including responding to past California fires alongside the governor and that "in the moment, in response, in recovery, I think -- again, from my firsthand experience -- everyone is trying to do the right thing.
32% : Trump said on the campaign trail that he would withhold firefighting funding from California unless Newsom bowed to his demands on water management in the state.
28% : Could Trump, who takes office in just over a week, unilaterally cut federal aid already promised by President Biden?Biden and current FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Friday stopped short of guaranteeing the funding would continue under Trump, with Biden saying he hoped it would.
26% : He said Trump has often made alarming comments about disasters in the past, but they have rarely translated into action.

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