WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
On the one-year anniversary of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) and the Chairs of the Republican and Democratic Congressional Delegations - Representatives Ken Calvert (R-Calif.-41) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18) - led the entire bipartisan California Congressional delegation in urging President Trump to provide overdue federal disaster relief funding and resources to help Los Angeles County communities rebuild and recover.
Fueled by wind gusts of up to 100 miles per hour, the Los Angeles County fires last year burned more than 40,000 acres - an area over three times the size of Manhattan. The fir...