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Davis was Governor during the southern California fires of 2003, more commonly known as the Cedar Fire.

Davis declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County and Ventura County in October 2003 and deployed the National Guard to help with disaster relief.

By mid-November, the greater South Los Angeles area had been declared a disaster area.

This enabled federal funding to help repair flooding and weather-related damage, including the destruction of thousands of acres of vegetation.

The Cedar Fire was the last major event during Davis ' tenure as Governor.

Both Davis and governor-elect Schwarzenegger worked to help with disaster relief.

Schwarzenegger went to Washington, D. C. and met Vice President Dick Cheney to lobby the federal government for more disaster relief funds.