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Several people who lost their homes in the Palisades Fire are frustrated after receiving a brush clearance bill from the city of Los Angeles. Some residents were billed 31 dollars for noncompliance with brush clearance rules. That’s despite their properties still being empty and covered in dirt. The bills are coming in the mail nearly 14 months after the fire, with many residents vowing not to pay them. Mayor Karen Bass has released a statement, calling the charges “unacceptable.” City Councilwoman Traci Park says she is in contact with the Los Angeles Fire Department about resolving the issue. Park says the bills are “entirely tone deaf to those who lost everything.”
Burying power lines to prevent another wildfire in Altadena could cost residents a lot of money. Several residents have been told they’d have to pay at least 20-thousand dollars to connect their homes to Southern California Edison’s underground power lines. After the Eaton Fire, Edison presented a plan to bury more than 60 miles of electrical infrastructure. Some residents have been told they’d need to pay 30-thousand, or even 40-thousand dollars to connect to the new underground lines. Residents are also concerned that crews digging trenches and burying equipment could kill dozens of trees. Edison says the undergrounding project will make Altadena’s electrical grid safer and more reliable.
