The U.S. government refused to provide economic assistance for California mountain fires.
Cctv newsAccording to CNN, the US federal government refused to provide assistance to the mountain fire disaster in California on the 15th.

Earlier, California Governor gavin newsom sent a letter to the federal government on September 28th requesting financial assistance. He asked the federal government to declare a state of disaster on California’s mountain fires this year. The letter listed the impact of California’s mountain fires on the economy, pointing out that the infrastructure losses caused by mountain fires reached 229 million US dollars, about 1.53 billion yuan, and the help of the federal government was crucial to California’s economic recovery. Once a state of disaster is declared, the federal government will release federal funds to provide assistance to the state government. But the federal government refused to declare a state of disaster on California mountain fires. According to ABC, California plans to appeal the federal decision. The report pointed out that in 2019, after newsome criticized Trump’s environmental policy, Trump threatened to cut federal aid for California wildfires.