Fifteen months after the Eaton and Palisades fires tore through communities across Los Angeles County, a new survey finds that most fire survivors remain displaced as insurance support and savings are running out.
The first results of Los Angeles County’s landmark homelessness funding measure are already emerging, with more than $256 million committed to creating 1,530 affordable housing units just 18 months after voters approved it.
More than a year after Mena Liu fled her Pasadena apartment building as the Eaton Fire bore down, she knows she’s not fully recovered. She’s sad. She’s anxious. She still avoids driving past burned out lots in her neighborhood.
A broad coalition of Los Angeles business leaders, labor groups, housing advocates and nonprofits is urging city officials to overhaul Measure ULA rather than repeal it, warning that without swift reforms the voter-approved tax could collapse under mounting political and legal pressure.
Satisfaction with quality of life among LA County residents has fallen to its lowest point in over a decade, according to the 11th annual UCLA Quality of Life Index. The results reflect mounting strain from housing costs, education concerns and worsening traffic, according to the survey.
They grew up in low-income communities of color and powered their way through college. Now Josh Divas, Sierra Payne and Sharon Vivian are pursuing master’s degrees in nursing at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science so they can return to their communities and help neglected neighbors.