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The press release noted that the request followed "weeks of no real solutions and inflammatory social media statements" until the governor "finally requested federal disaster relief to bail him out – again."
The relief follows SBA previously approving an additional 11,583 loans that totaled $2.99 billion in relief earlier this year following the California wildfire disasters in January, Fox News Digital learned, and marked the largest sum of disaster dollars ever approved by SBA for non-hurricane or flooding events.
LOS ANGELES BUSINESS OWNERS 'SICK AND TIRED' OF 'STUPID' ANTI-ICE RIOTERS LOOTING THEIR STORES
Loeffler had previously called on Newsom to request an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Declaration back in June in order for the agency to approve funds to assist small business owners in Los Angeles "that have been ransacked by rioters."
A protester places debris in a fire as Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stand guard outside an industrial park in Paramount, Calif., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Los Angeles officials reported in June that the city incurred nearly $20 million in costs over the riots, including in police overtime and to repair damage to government buildings, the LA Times previously reported.
Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to help quell the violence, which bypassed the governor, who typically activates the National Guard, while the administration additionally deployed hundreds of Marines to respond to anti-raid chaos.
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California subsequently sued the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard, which Newsom said in a press release "needlessly escalated chaos and violence in the Los Angeles region." A federal appeals court ultimately ruled in Trump's favor in the case.
Federal officials pinned blame for the violence on Democratic elected officials who have "villainized and demonized" ICE law enforcement, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Gov. Gavin Newsom requested disaster relief aid for small businesses following the LA riots. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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The pair also traded blows in January as Trump slammed Newsom for his leadership amid the devastating wildfires that gripped the Los Angeles area. Trump pinned blame on Newsom for not better preparing to prevent wildfires, while Newsom's office accused Trump of "playing politics" while they focused on ending the devastation.
Newsom touted on Monday that his state has "invested billions of dollars to fight fires" and called on Trump "to put his money where his mouth is" and help protect communities from wildfires.
"California has done more than our fair share of ‘raking’ the forests, now the federal government has to do its part to Make America Rake Again. We’ve invested billions of dollars and treated millions of acres – more than doubling our state investment from when I took office. We’re doing all we can to protect communities from catastrophic wildfire, will President Trump?" Newsom said, according to his office's press release.
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