“If the congresswoman sees an opportunity to help our small businesses, I support that.” “I just think at this point we don’t really know what all the damages are and the recovery from this is going to be quite some time,” said Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr, a Democrat who signed the letter. Last week, a bipartisan group of 10 local leaders – including four out of five county supervisors, a state senator and state assembly member – plus three coastal cities wrote their own letter to Biden that also cited this request. 3 the federal resources such a declaration would bring to the area were “imperative for a swift recovery and the support of assistance efforts for all Californians.” Michelle Steel sent President Joe Biden a letter asking him to authorize a major disaster declaration. One day after the public learned about an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, Rep. Should Biden declare ‘major disaster’ for Huntington Beach oil spill? – Orange County Register
