As a retired grant writer, I can assure you that EVERY federal grant comes with a rigid set of prerequisites, conditions and rules concerning how the grant $$ is spent. To give CA $$ without any conditions at all would be highly outside standard federal practice.
We certainly should provide federal $$ to help residences and businesses rebuild from this disaster, but it should be conditioned on the State of CA adopting land management best practices - like controlled burns, prioritizing people over endangered species, and insuring that their fire suppression practices can actually suppress a major fire.
Remember that it was CA's outlandish requirements that caused the insurance companies to decline to renew homeowner's insurance policies in the areas that burned. And where are the new reservoirs that the people funded? They are nowhere to be found. The state needs to make major changes.
Paper ballots. No electronic voting machines. No mail in voting. Voter ID and "same day" results. No "sanctuary" state or cities. That's for starters.
Cali does this crap every single year. Despite being warned .
If I am President, I am showing tough love by stripping LA of the 2028 Olympics and giving the rights back to the IOC. Also no federal funds for all of New York State until New York City cleans up its act and this includes no congestion pricing. If there is federal funding to New York State, it is to be given to Controlled Demolition Inc. so they can demolish what is complete of the Bills new stadium, and it will be replaced with a temporary illegal alien processing center.
This is an excellent point and needs to make its way to DJT's press secretary for responding to the press when President Trump is back in the White House next week (feels good to say that!) and televised briefings are meaningful again!
Auditors too. Regular audit schedule.
They're trying to make California their next money laundering opportunity.
It's not outside the realm of possibility that these disasters are being caused on purpose so that federal funds can flow unrestricted into these areas to be siphoned off.
I agree with your assessment. I also think their grants should be in line with Maui, and North Carolina.