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Local Resilience DigestFrom CalMatters...
LA Wildfires Could Clobber California Economy as State Recovers From a Pandemic Recession
01/15/2025Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an assumption of continued but slowing economic growth.”
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How the LA Fires Could Exacerbate California’s Homelessness Crisis
01/14/2025Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.
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