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FEMA Assistance For Power Outage Area Residents Requested By Wilk, Lackey 

FEMA assistance for power outage area residents is being requested by Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, officials said Wednesday. 

The letter, sent to President Donald Trump, asks the country’s leader for assistance in a time when California is in “desperate need for support,” according to the joint statement.

“Today, in the 21st Senate District, the power was shut off again in the Leona Valley, Acton and Agua Dulce. It is unacceptable and dangerous. In these, as in many rural communities, water is drawn from wells. Without power, there is no water. Without power there is no cell service, leaving residents unable to call for help in an emergency,” Wilk said. “Additionally, medically vulnerable people are left without access to life-saving equipment like ventilators, sleep apnea and dialysis machines. Our constituents need help, and we are asking the federal government to step in where the state has failed.”

Wilk and Lackey are requesting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide personal generators and water deliveries to the rural communities affected. In the absence of a Congressional representative, Wilk and Lackey made the request directly to President Trump.

“Actions speak louder than words, and Gavin Newsom has allowed this to become the ‘new normal,’ despite his words to the contrary,” Wilk said. “While bureaucrats at utility companies turn power on and off, and politicians wring their hands in despair, people are suffering. Our constituents need help now.”

Earlier this week, Wilk and Lackey personally rented a generator and brought it to a retired veteran in need of oxygen. The power had been off for over 24 hours, rendering his ventilator useless without a generator.

Read the full letter to President Trump here


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FEMA Assistance For Power Outage Area Residents Requested By Wilk, Lackey 

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Devon Miller was born and raised in Santa Clarita. He joined KHTS Radio as a digital marketing intern in September of 2017, and later moved to news as a staff writer in December. Miller attended College of the Canyons and served as the Associated Student Government President. Miller is now News Director for KHTS, covering breaking news and politics across the Santa Clarita Valley.