Overview
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who met Wednesday at the White House, said talks covered FEMA support, rebuilding funds, insurance payouts and mortgage relief.
- Following Thursday’s post on Truth Social, President Trump praised insurers for improving claim responses and said he would probe banks’ treatment of fire victims, naming Wells Fargo.
- No new multi‑billion federal package has been announced, and California’s request for roughly $33.9 billion in long‑term rebuilding aid remains unresolved.
- Bass and Barger pressed for extended mortgage forbearance so displaced owners are not paying loans on empty lots, and California law allows up to 12 months of forbearance for wildfire hardship.
- The meeting marked a rare cooperative turn after months of public clashes, with senior aides Susie Wiles and budget director Russell Vought present and EPA chief Lee Zeldin already engaged on the response.