Nevada County’s congressman is urging Governor Newsom to create a streamlined process for smaller towns and counties, like Nevada County, to receive aid from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund. Doug LaMalfa says currently local governments with populations above half-a-million receive 45-percent of their funding from the Department of Treasury. But he says counties and cities below that threshold must receive it directly from the state…
LaMalfa says small and rural jurisdictions already operate on narrow budgets…
LaMalfa says due to small staffing levels local, rural governments often face the highest barrier to being eligible or simply processed.
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