Jobs grant to benefit El Dorado, Placer counties
By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee
California’s Employment Development Department says it has received up to $36 million in a National Dislocated Worker Grant to help 34 counties clean up in the aftermath of recent rainstorms.
EDD said the funds approved by the U.S. Department of Labor will provide temporary jobs for 1,800 unemployed workers in the affected counties for clean-up and repair projects. The affected counties include Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo.
At the request of Gov. Jerry Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made three major disaster declarations in California following storms that began in early January.
