Westside : COLLEGE MONEY

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will give quake-damaged Santa Monica College almost $23 million for a new science building and some temporary facilities, the head of the agency said Wednesday.

In a visit to the campus, FEMA Director James Lee Witt pledged more than $20 million to replace the school’s science building, which was damaged in the January, 1994, earthquake and had to be demolished. The rest of the money will cover the cost of temporary facilities to be used while the library, business and liberal arts buildings are being repaired.