February 15, 2010

New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Chair and Vice Chair of the Conference’s Stafford Act Reform Task Force, wrote to mayors February 9 asking them to contact their congressional delegation and urge them to support the development and passage of legislation that incorporates the Task Force’s recommendations. Those recommendations were adopted as Conference of Mayors policy during the recent Winter Meeting. The Stafford Act is the primary federal statute that guides the nation’s response to natural and man-made disasters.

The mayors’ memo and a sample letter are posted on the Conference’s Stafford Act Reform Web page http://usmayors.org/chs/staffordact.asp. Questions should be sent to the Conference of mayors Director of Public Safety Laura DeKoven Waxman at lwaxman@usmayors.org.