CCF announced this week grants to more than 20 community organizations through its recently activated Impact Fund, to provide immediate relief to Boyle Heights and surrounding Eastside communities impacted by this week's warehouse fire. Grants will help support immediate community needs like food, masks, air purifiers, and other basic need essentials
A year and a half after the devastation of the Palisades Fire, sparks of green are emerging from the ash thanks to Resilient Palisades, a group of resident-activists dedicated to helping the local community recover and thrive. The community group recently hosted a hands-on bioremediation workshop near Will Rogers Beach to teach fellow residents how they can play a role in critical soil restoration.
In response to the ongoing warehouse fire in Boyle Heights and the state of emergency declarations issued by both the City of Los Angeles and the State of California, the California Community Foundation (CCF) today announced the activation of the CCF Impact Fund to provide direct, immediate relief to residents affected by the disaster.
For playwright Consuelo Flores, having her autobiographical drama “Soul Sacrifice” produced at the Casa0101 theater in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood felt “like a homecoming in so many ways.” After all, she grew up just a few miles from the arts complex and the Vietnam War-era events depicted in the play, including the seminal Chicano rights protest movement, took place nearby.
One attendee at a recent fire remembrance procession in Altadena told organizers it was the first time they had been able to cry since losing their house – an experience that felt like “a welcoming back home” after months of displacement. Another described the gathering as a rare source of “joy and hope” in a recovery landscape dominated by information sessions and protests, but offering few spaces for collective grief.
Hundreds of Altadena residents — many still displaced by the Eaton Fire — gathered recently at the town’s third annual Earth Day to reconnect, reflect and recommit to rebuilding their community with intention.