Governor Gavin Newsom has announced an additional $12.5 million in funds to help communities prepare for the next disaster and expand emergency readiness programs.
On July 6, he announced that 31 community groups throughout the state were awarded the funds in May through the Ready California program, formerly known as Listos California.
The grants are intended to help local groups provide disaster preparedness training, emergency planning resources, multilingual outreach, and education ahead of wildfires, earthquakes, floods, and other emergencies, according to the governor’s office.
The grants support local nonprofits, tribal governments, and community organizations.
The latest round of grants builds on over $100 million that the state has invested in community preparedness efforts since 2019, according to the governor’s office.
The investments support vulnerable communities, including low-income families, individuals with disabilities and language barriers, older adults, and those living in high-risk disaster zones.
“Through Ready California, we are investing in trusted community partners who meet people where they are — delivering life-saving resources to our most vulnerable residents,” Newsom said in the statement.
Despite the federal government’s “cuts and inaction,” the state continues to support the well-being of its residents, he added.
About Ready California
Since its launch in 2019, Ready California has invested more than $150 million in over 680 community-based organizations, tribes, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) programs, service teams, and volunteers, per the governor’s office.
Officials said that the initiative has reached more than 16 million Californians through face-to-face outreach.
Ready California serves all 58 counties with more than 3,000 community and emergency services leaders who are trained to lead preparedness efforts and boost resilience.
Currently in its sixth year, Ready California is supported by the Legislature.
Since 2019, the program has contacted roughly 6 million Californians through phone banking efforts to encourage them to sign up for emergency alerts.
Among the recipients of Ready California is Nuestra Comunidad in Sonoma County, which works with Spanish-speaking residents through preparedness workshops and bilingual emergency communications.
The San Diego CERT Program has bolstered disaster preparedness in rural areas through consistent, in-person outreach, delivering critical training in communities with limited connectivity.
The Community Health Partnership of Santa Clara County has strengthened disaster preparedness through community-led outreach to underserved individuals in Santa Clara, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles County, Tzu Chi USA will continue partnering with Ready California to provide preparedness information alongside health services for immigrant communities using multilingual volunteers.
The state also highlighted its Neighborhood Block Party Initiative, which encourages residents to host community preparedness events.
Thank you, Newsom, for helping ALL Californians, even the ingrates and mouthbreathers who will complain about this.
Hashtag nothingburger…
How about starting (and finishing) with the overwhelmingly most relevant issue – home insurance reform? Home insurance is the single biggest problem for homeowners in California, and the state has done nothing to address that.
And there he/she is, right on que. The biggest crybaby of them all!
Also, your well-documented inability to read and understand words does not excuse your constant lying.
Talk about a nothingburger….
*cue
Edit button some day?
As usual, BI Guy changes the subject to emit a whine.
“How about” classic start to a whiney counter argument – a technique used by noodle-armed conservative beta males.