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That’s devastating, and I hope you can stay strong through the recovery process. As a nearby neighbor a couple of communities over, do you know of anything that

That’s devastating, and I hope you can stay strong through the recovery process. As a nearby neighbor a couple of communities over, do you know of anything that I can do or donate to help generally that won’t be a waste/too late? Like donate masks or water or something?

bloudermilk 2y ago
The only guidance I’ve heard so far is that the shelters are in need of bedding. Neither of the press briefings today offered more opportunities for support.
- throwup238 2y ago
  I lived through another major wildfire in SoCal and the organization that provided the best support was the California Community Foundation: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/953510055 https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/953510055 I’d wait until the smoke settles (because the CCF focuses on less well-off communities than Altadena or the Palisades) but donating to their wildfire relief efforts does a lot of good regardless. They frequently give grants to the local organizations running the evacuation shelters.
  - blululu 2y ago
    I would second this and say donate today. Focusing on who has money and who doesn’t today is really not a good policy. It is a generalization that is bound to misclassify some old ladies on a fixed income (my mom has one sleeping on her couch because of this). People who lost their homes and all their possessions yesterday and today may not be as wealthy as they were 24 hours ago.
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- linotype 2y ago
  Where the hell is Karen Bass? Our government?
  - tomohawk 2y ago
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    - philistine 2y ago
      > She went to Ghana on a taxpayer paid political junket, which doesn't seem like something the mayor of even a major city would be officially involved in I live in a very mid-size city for my province and our mayor goes on international trips on city business maybe once a year. The fact itself is not out of the ordinary.
      - tomohawk 2y ago
        This mayor seems really interested in advancing the interests of Africa, rather than where she actually has a job. https://youtu.be/u8c_3YEosk4 https://youtu.be/u8c_3YEosk4
    - inferiorhuman 2y ago
      She cut the fire department budget by $20 million. Equipment, supplies, and salaries were cut. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-karen-bass-extended-honeymoon-00197228 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-... That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years. So… no? DEI obsessed fire chief…DEI office and bureaucracy. Ah, there it is.
  - radicaldreamer 2y ago
    She just got back from Ghana: https://x.com/skynews/status/1877115173443400065?s=12 https://x.com/skynews/status/1877115173443400065?s=12

bloudermilk 2y ago

The only guidance I’ve heard so far is that the shelters are in need of bedding. Neither of the press briefings today offered more opportunities for support.

throwup238 2y ago
I lived through another major wildfire in SoCal and the organization that provided the best support was the California Community Foundation: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/953510055 https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/953510055 I’d wait until the smoke settles (because the CCF focuses on less well-off communities than Altadena or the Palisades) but donating to their wildfire relief efforts does a lot of good regardless. They frequently give grants to the local organizations running the evacuation shelters.
- blululu 2y ago
  I would second this and say donate today. Focusing on who has money and who doesn’t today is really not a good policy. It is a generalization that is bound to misclassify some old ladies on a fixed income (my mom has one sleeping on her couch because of this). People who lost their homes and all their possessions yesterday and today may not be as wealthy as they were 24 hours ago.
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linotype 2y ago
Where the hell is Karen Bass? Our government?
- tomohawk 2y ago
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  - philistine 2y ago
    > She went to Ghana on a taxpayer paid political junket, which doesn't seem like something the mayor of even a major city would be officially involved in I live in a very mid-size city for my province and our mayor goes on international trips on city business maybe once a year. The fact itself is not out of the ordinary.
    - tomohawk 2y ago
      This mayor seems really interested in advancing the interests of Africa, rather than where she actually has a job. https://youtu.be/u8c_3YEosk4 https://youtu.be/u8c_3YEosk4
  - inferiorhuman 2y ago
    She cut the fire department budget by $20 million. Equipment, supplies, and salaries were cut. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-karen-bass-extended-honeymoon-00197228 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-... That assertion is wrong. The city was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the fire department at the time the budget was being crafted, so additional funding for the department was set aside in a separate fund until that deal was finalized in November. In fact, the city’s fire budget increased more than $50 million year-over-year compared to the last budget cycle, according to Blumenfield’s office, although overall concerns about the department’s staffing level have persisted for a number of years. So… no? DEI obsessed fire chief…DEI office and bureaucracy. Ah, there it is.
- radicaldreamer 2y ago
  She just got back from Ghana: https://x.com/skynews/status/1877115173443400065?s=12 https://x.com/skynews/status/1877115173443400065?s=12