Flagler Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord Warns of a Different Disaster Ahead: the Vanishing of FEMA Money

Flagler Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord Warns of a Different Disaster Ahead: the Vanishing of FEMA Money

With or without FEMA, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord cautioned, local governments must be prepared to assume more costs of recovery than they have in the past, especially if the federal government declares fewer disasters, as appears to be the plan. Fewer declarations will mean far less reimbursements and far fewer grants for innumerable projects and services local governments depend on in the recovery phase of what are becoming rou…

Missing FEMA money strains Scotts Valley city budget

Steve Clark, right, and Krista Jett joined the Scotts Valley City Council after the November 2024 election. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file) Scotts Valley City Council meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21 at Scotts Valley City Council chambers, 1 Civic Center Drive. Join on Zoom or call 669-900-9128, meeting ID 832 9573 0901. The meeting will be streamed on YouTube. To comment ahead of the meeting, email cityhall@scottsvalley…