Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 20:36:49 GMT -6
SAN DIEGO -- A federal audit has found the city of San Diego did not properly use $1. 2 million in disaster relief funds of the $6 million it received for damage from flooding and mudslides five years ago.
The Jan. 25 report by the General Accounting Office recommends the Federal Emergency Management Agency declare the funds as ineligible.
The report blames the state of California in part for not adequately informing the city of the FEMA guidelines on how the money can be used.
City officials have vowed to rectify the problem so it does not happen again. FEMA has 90 days to respond to the findings
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article57821428.html
The Jan. 25 report by the General Accounting Office recommends the Federal Emergency Management Agency declare the funds as ineligible.
The report blames the state of California in part for not adequately informing the city of the FEMA guidelines on how the money can be used.
City officials have vowed to rectify the problem so it does not happen again. FEMA has 90 days to respond to the findings
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article57821428.html