Bill seeks to have state reimburse cost of response to San Bernardino attack

  1. Bill seeks to have state reimburse cost of response to San Bernardino attack Assemblyman Marc Steinorth

Story By Ryan Hagen | The Sun

A bill to have the state reimburse local governments for the full cost of the response to the San Bernardino terrorist attack — estimated at more than $19 million — is moving through the Legislature.

Senator Connie Leyva, D-Chino, authored the bill, and last week Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, moved the bill in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee.

It is scheduled to be considered by Assembly Appropriations Committee later this summer.

Current law makes responding agencies eligible for up to 75 percent of the cost not covered by federal financial assistance, according to Leyva. The U.S. Department of Justice approved $500,000 in reimbursement in June.

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