In a stunning departure from long-standing disaster-response norms, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency declined a routine meeting request from the Governor of California—an attempt to press for long-delayed federal recovery funds tied to last year’s catastrophic Los Angeles fires. The refusal, delivered without alternative options or follow-up pathways, arrives at a moment when thousands of survivors remain displaced and entire communities are still waiting for clarity on their futures.

According to senior state officials who spoke to Meidas Touch, DHS headquarters informed the Governor’s office that the Acting Administrator of FEMA was “not able to accommodate a meeting request at this time.” No other DHS or FEMA representatives were offered i

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