CA AB262

Creates the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program providing financial assistance to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for disaster-related costs not covered by federal disaster assistance

Prioritizes funding recipients who are ineligible for federal assistance under the Stafford Act due to inability to meet minimum damage thresholds set by federal regulations

Authorizes grants for housing assistance, personnel and equipment costs, translation services, income losses, essential personal property replacement, medical/dental/funeral expenses, and evacuation center site preparation

Requires local agencies to proclaim a local emergency within 10 days of a disaster, with applications for assistance due within 60 days of the proclamation

Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute; requires legislative appropriation for funding rather than continuous appropriation from the Disaster Assistance Fund