Senate Bill 236 would also allow condo owners to apply aid to collectively owned property, not just damaged units
By James Brooks, Alaska BeaconThe swollen Mendenhall River courses along a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, after a glacial dam burst earlier in the weekend caused flooding along the river and Mendenhall Lake.
Sponsored by Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, the bill goes to the House for further consideration in the last two weeks of the regular legislative session. Speaking on the Senate floor before the vote, Kiehl said the state’s current disaster-aid cap is so low that it doesn’t allow disaster victims to get up on their knees, let alone back on their feet.
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