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Jun 19, 2009 5:54 pm US/Pacific

Schwarzenegger Sends Aid To Drought-Stricken Areas

SACRAMENTO (AP) ― Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued a statewide executive order to send drought-stricken communities money to help fill their food banks.

Schwarzenegger says the state will send between $3 million and $4 million in emergency food and unemployment assistance to local governments and nonprofits.

Also on Friday, the governor petitioned the White House to declare Fresno County a federal disaster area in a bid to get more money. Local officials had requested the petition.

Three years of lower-than-normal precipitation have reduced state and federal water deliveries to many Central Valley farmers and contributed to rising unemployment.

Farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will receive just 10 percent of their water allocations, although the amount could increase slightly this summer.

(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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