"The investigation will explore how the California Volunteer Fund spent a $500,000 grant it received from the disaster-relief charity FireAid. Two House Republicans launched an investigation on Wednesday that will, in part, examine how a California charitable organization used a $500,000 grant that was meant to support victims of the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires, a move that is expanding congressional scrutiny over the response to the disaster."
""It is also unclear whether the state-based California Volunteers, run out of the Governor's Office, received any of the FireAid-originated funds via the California Volunteers Fund." Kiley and Jordan added that they want to examine all documents and communications related to the California fires between the California Volunteers Fund and California Volunteers, an entity that the charity supports and is housed within Gov. Gavin Newsom's office."
Two House Republicans, Reps. Kevin Kiley and Jim Jordan, opened a congressional inquiry into how the California Volunteers Fund allocated a $500,000 grant from the disaster-relief charity FireAid. FireAid raised an estimated $100 million for fire victims through benefit concerts in January. The lawmakers requested financial records and all documents and communications related to the grant and its distribution, seeking to determine which individuals or entities received funds. The inquiry asks whether state-based California Volunteers within the Governor's Office received any of the FireAid-originated funds. The lawmakers noted scrutiny of FireAid for diverting donations to nonprofits instead of providing direct relief. The California Volunteers Fund and the governor's office did not immediately respond.
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