While a task force assesses the need for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving FEMA and other federal agencies authority to override California state laws and federal statutes in providing relief amid the Los Angeles wildfires.

First and foremost, the order refers to California’s complex water management operations.

The order, dated Friday, came after Trump traveled to Los Angeles to see the devastation from wildfires that have been raging for weeks, The New York Times reported.

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