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Trump approves Newsom’s emergency funding request after Orange County chemical incident
Key takeaways
- Gavin Newsom s (D) response to a toxic chemical leak in northern Orange County that was at risk of exploding.
- Newsom secured the federal assistance to assist the more than 785 state and local first responders at the site of the GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems facility in Garden Grove, located south of Los Angeles.
- In a separate statement, the governor said California is mobilizing every available resource to protect impacted communities and support local response efforts.
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Gavin Newsom s (D) response to a toxic chemical leak in northern Orange County that was at risk of exploding.
Newsom secured the federal assistance to assist the more than 785 state and local first responders at the site of the GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems facility in Garden Grove, located south of Los Angeles.
The request s approval will allow for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide support to those state and local first responders, including special equipment and other life-saving response activities, Newsom s office said in a post on social platform X.
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