{"id":2389178,"date":"2025-01-11T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-days-after-pledging-shelter-for-rich-la-libs-biden-boots-3000-nc-families-into-streets-during-snow-storm\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T14:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T19:01:43","slug":"2-days-after-pledging-shelter-for-rich-la-libs-biden-boots-3000-nc-families-into-streets-during-snow-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-days-after-pledging-shelter-for-rich-la-libs-biden-boots-3000-nc-families-into-streets-during-snow-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Days After Pledging Shelter for Rich LA Libs, Biden Boots 3,000 NC Families Into Streets During Snow Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-days-after-pledging-shelter-for-rich-la-libs-biden-boots-3000-nc-families-into-streets-during-snow-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u200d discusses President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s response\u200b to\u2062 the devastating wildfires in\u2064 Southern California, where he\u2063 announced a\u2064 commitment to cover 100%\u200b of disaster-related costs for \u200dsix months,\u2062 an increase from the previous 75% coverage. This decision was made during a\u200d briefing where \u200bBiden emphasized the\u200b severity of the ongoing \u2062wildfires \u2063and the need for extensive \u200dfederal support. The current situation \u2062has resulted in significant\u200d evacuations and damage,\u2063 with the fires described\u2064 as\u200d possibly among\u200b the most costly\u2062 disasters in California&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-music-festival-in-america-is-in-spain\/\" title=\"Is America&#039;s Top Music Festival Located in... Spain?\">article contrasts<\/a> this attention with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal response<\/a>\u2063 to \u2064families affected \u200bby\u2064 Hurricane\u200c Helene in North Carolina, where 3,500 families are at risk of eviction from FEMA housing assistance as winter storms approach.The author criticizes the management for prioritizing areas and \u200bdemographics that are politically beneficial, mainly\u200b focusing on wealthy constituents in California, while neglecting those in poorer regions. \u2064This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">disparity raises\u200c concerns<\/a> about the federal government&#8217;s\u2062 approach to disaster relief\u200c and\u200d its\u200d implications for political support \u2064across different states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden is showing America he has priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The wrong priorities, sure &mdash; but priorities nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Take the victims of the Southern California wildfires. Sure, a lot needs to be done in the area that&rsquo;s been leveled by epochal blazes where the damage has been exacerbated by desperately unready public officials.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-extreme-tactics-biden-admin-used-censor-facebook-included-screaming-cursing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> promised to pay for 100 percent of the disaster over the next six months during a briefing from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I told the governor and local officials, spare no expense to do what they need to do and contain these fires,&rdquo; he said during remarks at the White House,&nbsp; calling the fires &ldquo;devastating&rdquo; and &ldquo;catastrophic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re doing literally everything we can at a federal level,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING NEWS: Biden And Kamala Harris Hold White House Briefing On The California Wildfires\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJUxltaNfwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The 100% disaster response coverage from the federal government for the next 180 days is an increase from the current 75% the president previously allotted, and more than the 90% Mr. Biden said California Gov. Gavin Newsom requested,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-wildfires-biden-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The damage is expected to be one of the most expensive disasters in California history. Three fires are still raging, the president said, and 179,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, it&rsquo;s perfectly reasonable for the White House to cover this damage &mdash; so long as they&rsquo;re taking care of other priorities along with those who live in the wealthy Hollywood-centric coastal enclaves in Southern California (residents of which tend to not only vote but donate heavily to the Democratic Party) which have taken the brunt of the wildfires thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Because we&rsquo;re talking about this, though, of course they haven&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/01\/10\/3k-families-be-kicked-out-fema-hotels-carolinas-amid-snow-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBTV-TV<\/a> in Charlotte, North Carolina, 3,500 families in North Carolina made homeless by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-carolina-family-suffers-horrifying-end-escape-hurricane-helene-ends-tragedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> in September will likely get evicted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency &mdash; just as a winter storm is set to hit the region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In December, FEMA extended the voucher program &mdash; which it calls &lsquo;Transitional Sheltering Assistance&rsquo; program &mdash; until Saturday, Jan. 11. FEMA said then that Helene survivors would be able to stay at the hotels Friday night, and would have to check out the next Saturday,&rdquo; WBTV reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FEMA program allows survivors to stay in hotels and motels for free while they make repairs to their homes and\/or search for permanent housing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The families were deemed ineligible due to the fact that an inspection had deemed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-elon-musk-team-help-north-carolina-residents-dealing-helene-aftermath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their home<\/a> to be &ldquo;habitable,&rdquo; the applicant had declined to allow them to inspect, or they were otherwise unreachable.<\/p>\n<p>And what great timing, too: &ldquo;A winter storm was set to hit the region on Friday, Jan. 10. Snow was more likely in western North Carolina due to cold temps, while sleet and freezing rain were possible more south and east.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The last extension came as 10,000 families had used the program. With 3,500 still in it, they&rsquo;re essentially being booted out to the snow.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, FEMA&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stefanik-garlands-comment-on-cuomo-corruption-not-good-enough\/\" title=\"Rep. Stefanik: Garland\u2019s comment on Cuomo corruption \u2018not good enough\u2019\">poor response<\/a> to Helene and other storms was one of the reasons why Vice President Kamala Harris lost North Carolina bigly to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-walzs-tough-follow-up-act-and-one-thing-bidens-doj-is-concerned-about-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Walz\u2019s tough follow-up act and one thing Biden\u2019s DOJ is concerned about - Washington Examiner\">administration hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t learned from this, deciding instead to use FEMA&rsquo;s judgment on what&rsquo;s &ldquo;habitable&rdquo; or the amount of perspicacity the department had exercised in contacting the applicant. (Judging by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/redneck-air-force-reportedly-steps-femas-lackluster-response-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their appallingly indifferent response to Helene in the first place<\/a>, one is inclined to trust neither.)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, don&rsquo;t worry, citizens of Malibu: The White House is picking up 100 percent of the tag for six months! &ldquo;Spare no expense,&rdquo; the president says. It&rsquo;s probably worth noting that this comes as more and more conservatives are pointing out how liberals and progressives essentially set Southern California up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-fire-departments-dei-obsession-comes-light-devastating-wildfire-rages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disaster-response failure in innumerable ways<\/a> and are looking to shore up the Democrat base.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, poor North Carolinians: If only you&rsquo;d voted blue, maybe you&rsquo;d still be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-realizes-said-californians-burning-death-harris-gives-look-no-pun-intended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">priority for Joe Biden<\/a> like rich Californians are.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Consider the victims of the Southern California wildfires; significant efforts are needed in areas devastated by these historic fires, worsened by unprepared officials. On Thursday, Biden pledged full federal funding for disaster relief over the next six months during a briefing from Washington. He urged local leaders to &#8220;spare no expense&#8221; in combating these &#8220;devastating&#8221; and &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; fires.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government&#8217;s disaster response coverage has increased from 75% to 100% for this period, exceeding California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s request for 90%. The damage is projected to be among California&#8217;s costliest disasters, with three active fires forcing 179,000 people to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s reasonable for the White House to address this damage, it raises concerns about whether they are also attending to other priorities\u2014especially those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Reports indicate that 3,500 families displaced by Helene may face eviction from FEMA assistance just as a winter storm approaches.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA had previously extended its Transitional Sheltering Assistance program until January 11 but deemed many families ineligible due to various reasons related to home inspections or communication issues. This decision comes at an unfortunate time as severe weather looms.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s inadequate response following Hurricane Helene contributed significantly to Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s loss in North Carolina during the last election cycle. It appears lessons have not been learned; meanwhile, affluent Californians receive substantial support while less fortunate residents elsewhere feel neglected based on their voting patterns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-92.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,11561,32258,15435,48328],"class_list":["post-2389178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-homelessness","tag-north-carolina","tag-shelter","tag-snow-storm"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-92.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389182,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389178\/revisions\/2389182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}