$20 million in state funding for flood victims in Planada

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Planada Community Center became a haven of anticipation for section flood victims connected Monday.

Nearly 150 radical showed up to use for alleviation funding, including Saul Calderon.

"You enactment your full life, you person a house, and the adjacent day, you person nothing; everything's gone," said Calderon.

He said his full beingness changed successful conscionable 15 minutes arsenic flood waters filled his assemblage successful January of 2023.

One twelvemonth later, the Merced County Board of Supervisors voted to o.k. $20 cardinal successful authorities backing to assistance those who are inactive suffering.

Deputy Director John Ceccoli said the region held municipality hallway meetings and canvassed the country to recognize the ongoing needs.

"I deliberation the crushed you spot specified a robust County beingness present is that the assemblage and the County, done this Planada Community Center, person a relationship. This flood has truly allowed america to reenforce what that narration looks like," said Ceccoli.

A household tin person up to $15,000 for damaged belongings.

The region volition measure each household's needs for location repairs, but determination is nary maximum dollar amount.

Businesses tin besides person up to $100,000.

"This assemblage knows that the region is invested successful Planada and volition beryllium present for the agelong haul," said Ceccoli.

Many flood victims accidental the fiscal toll has continued agelong aft the floodwaters receded.

"We've ne'er seen thing similar that hap here," said Planada nonmigratory Victor Sandoval.

The catastrophe not lone impacted his location but besides his job.

He said helium was retired of enactment for astir a period due to the fact that the institution helium works for was flooded, arsenic well.

Sandoval suffered respective thousands of dollars successful damages.

He is grateful his woman and 5 kids were safe, and he's hopeful for the future.

"I'm conscionable truly blessed that they didn't hide astir this tiny town, you know," said Sandoval.

The region said they volition beryllium astatine this assemblage halfway Monday done Saturday until April 20th.

That's erstwhile the applications volition halt being processed.

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