Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Keep pushing to secure federal disaster funding.. Promised outcome: Federal disaster funding necessary to make communities whole after the Eaton Fire and related disasters.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release as U.S. Representative for California's 28th District discussing Eaton Fire recovery and Governor Newsom's disaster supplemental request.
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While we celebrate this hard-fought bipartisan victory for disaster survivors, the fight continues. I will keep pushing to enact the remaining provisions of my Disaster Survivors Tax Relief and Recovery Act and to secure the federal disaster funding necessary to make our communities whole.
Chu committed to keep pushing to secure federal disaster funding for disaster-affected communities.
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"That is why the next major step must be President Trump fully funding Governor Newsom's disaster supplemental request, with no strings attached, to deliver the federal disaster funding our communities have been waiting far too long to receive."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Chu's office described newly enacted disaster tax relief as a victory but said full disaster supplemental funding was still the next major step; this indicates continued effort and partial, not full, delivery.
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"However, the federal government has yet to approve these funding requests and continues to delay delivering FEMA funding that was already approved."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): California's official update says the long-term federal disaster funding requests for Altadena, Palisades, and Malibu survivors had not been approved, so the core supplemental-funding goal remained unresolved.
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"FEMA approved approximately $13 million, but only approximately $3 million has been paid to date, leaving approximately $10 million of the approved award outstanding."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Chu and other lawmakers pressed FEMA to release already-approved Disaster Case Management Program funds and review supplemental funding, showing active effort but continued withheld federal recovery funding.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official public-law list confirms enactment of a federal disaster tax-relief measure, a concrete partial recovery-related win, but not the broader supplemental disaster funding Chu continued seeking.