Biden visits California to survey storm damage
During a tour of the storm-ravaged Central Coast, President Biden vowed that federal assistance to rebuild California would not end until the job is complete. Biden visited the state Thursday and joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla in a helicopter to survey areas battered by winter storms that caused major flooding and landslides across the state. The president walked along a broken boardwalk in Capitola and spoke with business owners about the estimated $1 billion in damage from the string of storms that started on Dec. 26 and led to at least 22 deaths. … The governor praised the Biden administration for its support of California during and after atmospheric rivers pummeled the state. The storms ultimately dropped more than 17 inches of rain in San Francisco and 20 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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