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Uleto fires still burning in southern California have destroyed Thousands of homesS A deputy from the freshman, whose area includes one of the Blazes epicenter, aims to recover these communities more quickly. How? Through a working group and coordinator for working with local, state and federal authorities.
This is an idea that seems to Texas as an exampleS
Calm Sameea Kamal Explains, dead John Harabedian have Introduced legislation This would assemble representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the governor of the Emergency Services Office, the State Housing Department and the local authorities to meet the terrible housing needs caused by the fires in Los Angeles County.
The proposal of Pasadena’s Democrat, which could receive his first hearing of the Committee until mid -February, was modeled after a Texas Law: in 2019, two years after Hurricane Harvey, the state created a working group to deal with the displaced residents. Hurricane causes more than $ 125 billion in damage; For comparison, some experts estimate that fires in La County will cost at least $ 250 billionS
- HarabedianTo reassure themselves: “I think government agencies generally do not do a good job of talking to each other. There is no tone coordination of these types of things, because natural disasters, fortunately, do not happen as often. ”
More about California fires: Between 1990 and 2020, nearly 45% of the homes built in California were in regions of the “wild zone-city interface” where areas where the areas where Residential buildings are nestled right next to the state forests and SnelyS A total of 7 million acres in all 58 counties, these areas represent less than 7% of all lands in California. But more than 80% of all structures destroyed by a fire between 1985 and 2013 were in these zones.
Fires in the LA area also covered neighborhoods in some of these areas, and Calfatters’ analysis found that by 2020, nearly 1 in 3 Californians (or 14 million) lived in these areas. To see if you live in one, See our interactive by Calmatters’ Jeremiah kimmelmanS
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Recovering schools after Fire in Ethan
The Odyssey South Charter School in Altadena, which served children from transitional kindergarten to eighth grade, was Among at least a dozen schools destroyed in the fires of La County. After the Ethan fire has to start his Long journey to recoverywrites Calmatters’ Carolyn JonesS
One of his main concerns is to find a new space for hours. Although the staff has toured the possible sites, finding something that holds 375 students is difficult and the school competes with at least five other schools looking for facilities. Like many charter schools, the Odyssey also hires its campus from the school area and has no control over the plans of the area to restore the site.
- Bonnie BramecombOdyssey Director: “We have to do it for the children because they cannot do it themselves. … They need to know that beyond this terrible thing they are going through, we know them and we are there for them. “
The new GOP MP of CA
Of the most legislators in California at this session, a freshman who fell apart dispute from the outside and within his own party is a republican assembly Carl Demaio of San Diego.
Calm Ryan Sabalow And Jeremiah explains that the conservative host of fairy tales and a former member of the San Diego City Council won in November, although the California Republican Party supports its GOP opponent. His 14 -point victory had to partially reform California, his main raising power. The organization raises so much money for him that it prevents him from depending on GOP, which allows him to criticize party members.
- Search: Californians rely on Republicans to be “functioning, opposition party”. But “they are not, they were not and every year it gets worse and worse. They know how to surrender against battle. “
Meanwhile, Demayo’s Republican critics quote his self -promotion and his tendency to take a credit for victories in which he played a little role as controversial points. They also claim that it bends or violates the rules for financing the campaign that Demaio says is “unfounded”.
And finally: the CA Sanctuary Act
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Expect La Fire recovery to bring fraudabuse and more misfortunes // Orange County Registry
As the LA schools open againParents are worried about ash from fire // AP News
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Immigration inflates 2024 homeless numbersIncluding CA // Los Angeles Times
How Chinese Starting AI Compete with Giants on Silicon Valley // The New York Times
Lausd Equipped Students with Red Cards to meet with immigration agents // Let
SF mayor of fingers around Trump As other SF leaders challenge executive orders // Kqed
