    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [August 2, 1994]
    [Page 1411]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Additional California Earthquake Assistance
    August 2, 1994

        Years after natural disasters struck the Bay area and south Florida,
    ghost towns remain and local communities continue to suffer. We are
    working today to overcome those problems, when they have become far more
    difficult and expensive to address. In Los Angeles and Santa Monica, we
    are proposing to begin the restoration of these ghost towns now, before
    it is too late.

    Note: This statement was included in a White House statement announcing
    that the President requested additional fiscal year 1994 funds for the
    Department of Housing and Urban Development for the repair and
    reconstruction of housing damaged by the southern California earthquake
    earlier this year.