‘Recovery is failing survivors’: Fire survivors say billions still needed to come home, one year later

Citing lengthy delays and underpayments from insurance companies, thousands of survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires that devastated several coastal communities and Altadena exactly one year ago are unable to rebuild and remain displaced, while many face becoming homeless.

The dire assessment comes from the Eaton Fire Survivors Network (EFSN) as well as state legislators who spoke in front of several hundred fire survivors and media representatives in a resource center space for fire victims in Altadena on Wednesday, Jan.