FEMA dramatically slowed its distribution of these grants last summer, according to a Post analysis of public data through May 4. The agency went from awarding roughly $91 million per month between February and June in 2025 to about $3 million per month for the rest of the year, the analysis shows. After facing legal scrutiny for holding up disaster-related funds, the agency reversed course and released $760 million in grant funding in March alone, of a total of $1.1 billion so far this year.
But two states facing heightened wildfire risk this year — California and Colorado — have received scarcely any of the money since last July, The Post’s analysis found. The delay has affected about 20 wildfire-related projects across the West, according to internal records, most of those in California and Colorado.
Never mind that the fire-prone areas are full of Republicans; it’s just pure revenge at the state level.
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I looked into this source some more thanks to that archive today link. As I figured, the title is a misrepresentation of the situation.
The actual thing that the article is talking about is the withholding of FEMA funds for certain states (California and Colorado in particular), which just so happen to include fire prevention. The article title would have you believe that the feds are holding back fire prevention funds specifically.
Here are some actual (not paywalled) sources that corroborate my interpretation of OP’s source:
Denied FEMA aid for Colorado
Newsom asks for disaster funds extension