President Donald Trump’s administration has approved federal emergency funding for California after it was requested by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to a potential chemical disaster in Orange County, according to the governor’s office.
The funding approval came on Monday after a request from Newsom’s office, which said it would allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide support “to the more than 785 state and local personnel working around the clock” responding to a compromised chemical tank in Garden Grove, located near Los Angeles.
“Residents are urged to continue following local emergency guidance and evacuation orders—which remain in place—while response operations continue,” Newsom’s office said in a May 25 post on X….