The Afterlives of the Bhagavad Gītā: Readings in Translation by Dorothy M. Figueira (2023), 222-223.

After the Tubbs fire, 21,482 people were living temporarily doubled-up.
Of those, 40% said they were living that way because they lost their housing as a direct result of the fire.
Another 11% said they lost their housing because their landlord moved in or the rent increased because of the fire.
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Paradise passed an ordinance allowing survivors to live in trailers or RVs on their properties while they rebuild.
Rebuilding took years as people waited for insurance, federal funds & a settlement with PG&E.
100 trailers remain.
The town will soon have to figure out how to remove those trailers.
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"Each fire threatens to raise already sky-high home insurance rates, making rebuilding or buying a new home even more prohibitively expensive."
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"Renters in undamaged buildings get evicted because their landlord raises rents to take advantage of refugees’ desperation — or because the landlord lost another home in the fire and needs to move into their rental unit."
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to suspend permitting & review requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) & the California Coastal Act for reconstruction of properties damaged or destroyed in any recent SoCal wildfires
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/12/g...

Info sheet with scannable links to fundraisers, places offering supplies, insurance info, reporting price gouging, emotional support, information specific to undocumented folks, making DIY air purifiers, etc.
*Feel free to print, post, share & distribute*
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"Higgins... interviewed scores of veterans still imprisoned & out of jail...
One common theme among those who end up in legal trouble is the feeling of being betrayed and abandoned. That’s because they’ve been denied the services & benefits—or opportunities for citizenship—promised by... recruiters"

Hoping those good habits pay off for you further this new year!