disaster help for CA will come with strings

You can look up the term “mercurial” which is normally considered a leadership trait. I think that is an era that we will be in for the immediate future when it comes to emergency management in general and disaster aid in particular.  See this from Politico today:

“Amid the noise, some actual news: More seriously, Johnson also confirmed that federal aid to fire-ravaged Los Angeles will indeed come with Republican-sized strings attached. “We’re talking about conditions to this disaster aid,” the speaker said. “There’s a tradition of doing this,” he insisted, citing the aid packages which followed Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Pressed by Hannity on whether the aid could shape state-level policies on issues such as immigration, Johnson replied: “What we’re talking about here is restoring common sense — even in the state of California.” Watch the full clip.

 Could there be federal “Red State” policies and “Blue State” policies when it comes to disaster relief? Time will tell.