HUD CDBG-DR Grants California

The HUD CDBG-DR program in California is managed by the state grantee listed below to support disaster recovery.

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Federal Register Published Notices: Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice (UN AAN)

State of California

  • 2024
  • DR-4699, DR-4707, DR-4758
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $362,258,000
  • Mitigation: $54,339,000
  • Total allocated: $416,597,000
  • Management Contact Information: Gustavo Velasquez Director Dept. of Housing and Community Development 2020 W. El Camino Real, Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: 916-263-2771 Email: Gustavo.Velasquez@hcd.ca.gov

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for California between 2020 and 2025:

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4856-CA Fire 2025-01-08 2025-01-07 2025-01-31
DR-4772-CA Severe Storm 2024-04-19 2024-01-31 2024-02-09
DR-4773-CA Severe Storm 2024-04-19 2024-01-30 2024-01-31
DR-4769-CA Severe Storm 2024-04-13 2024-01-31 2024-02-09
DR-4758-CA Flood 2024-02-19 2024-01-21 2024-01-23
DR-4750-CA Hurricane 2023-11-21 2023-08-19 2023-08-21
DR-4746-CA Tropical Storm 2023-10-18 2023-08-19 2023-08-21
DR-4743-CA Hurricane 2023-09-27 2023-08-19 2023-08-21
DR-4714-CA Severe Storm 2023-05-25 2023-03-11 2023-03-16
DR-4713-CA Severe Storm 2023-05-18 2023-02-23 2023-02-26

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for California

Additional Resources

ReCoverCA Aid for Homeowners

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

Obscurity: 3 (Rating: 0 = Easy, 3 = Difficult, 5 = Impossible) – How difficult California makes it for citizens to find the state's grant website.

Key Takeaways.

Where does the state of California publish the required HUD CDBG-DR notices and action plans?

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the California CDBG-DR Grantee website should be easy. However, these websites are often hidden in plain sight for state managers and are not actually published in a way that citizens can easily locate or understand. Check your state's obscurity rating to see how accessible the grant website really is.

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