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Whether your life has been upended or you are indirectly affected and on edge due to the fires in southern California, we want to stay in touch and continue to rally together for single-payer health care. The physical and mental health care implications of these fires are huge and reinforce the need for CalCare, a single-payer financing system.

We provide a link so you can check air quality in your area and an article about fires and their effect on our mental health. See our lists of donations and support for people in Los Angeles who have lost their homes and belongings, support for incarcerated firefighters, disaster relief programs and information for Los Angeles County and information for all Californians. Finally, we await a new day and time for the HC4US Radio Show.

Air quality is concerning especially if people are pregnant or have respiratory conditions like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma. Go to The National Weather Service page, on the right, click on AirNow Air Quality Forecast and enter your zip code to see local current air quality and how this relates to outdoor activity. 

Our mental health is being challenged, see the Axios article, The psychological toll of California's catastrophic fires.

DONATIONS AND SUPPORT 

SUPPORT INCARCERATED FIREFIGHTERS

DISASTER RELIEF

INFORMATION

In the midst of this unprecedented crisis, it’s encouraging to witness people stepping up with donations of money, necessities like hygiene products and bottled water and volunteering their time. Even people who have lost their homes are volunteering at community centers.

Donations and Support for Los Angeles

• Easy to Navigate Map of Mutual Aid Resources       

• GoFundMe’s for Altadena’s Displaced Black Families

• BLM-LA’s GoFundMe 

• Eaton Fire (LA) BIPOC Support & Donations Tracker

• Shelters

• If Not Now - Free rides to evacuation centers

• Habitat for Humanity Disaster Relief

• World Central Kitchen

• Southern California Wildfires - CORE

• Canine Rescue - Foster a Dog

• Pasadena Humane

• Volunteer In-Person: LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps

• Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network is accepting donations, volunteers and providing services

• LA Works provides ways to volunteer and sign up for volunteer alerts  

Support Incarcerated Firefighters

• Donate to Anti-Recidivism Coalition - Put “firefighters” as a note 

Disaster Relief Programs in Los Angeles County

• Wildfire Recovery Resources - variety of services including FEMA

• Assessor's Office Disaster Relief

• Disaster Relief Centers - located in Pasadena and West LA

• Tuesday, January 14, 7:00 PM: An online community education session from Pepperdine University on FEMA assistance, applications, and appeals, plus related issues around insurance, leases, mortgages, etc. This will be useful for people who have lost their homes or are assisting people who did. See this link to register.

• Thursday, January 16, 6:00 PM: An online training for local lawyers on FEMA practice, standards, procedure, and advocacy. This aims to improve lawyers' immediate capacity to help the community. See this link to register.

 Information - Los Angeles County

• City of LA Alerts

• Los Angeles County Alerts

• Stay vigilant about police tactics and conduct, including how the LA Sheriff’s Department may be implementing the curfews and arresting community members.

Information - California

• Cal Fire Incidents Map

• Watch Duty  - app with map and notifications

• Listos California Resource Hub - free materials in 25 languages to promote disaster preparedness, explanations of evacuation warning vs. order and power outages.     

Our show is on KPFK 90.7 FM Pacifica Radio Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara. It’s also live streamed on kpfk.org and our website, hc4us.org. HC4US Chair, Erika Feresten and co-chair, Gina Viola share information and inspire us to activate for single-payer. Listen to our past radio shows at HC4US on SoundCloud. 

ORGANIZE. AGITATE. EDUCATE. LEGISLATE.

THANK YOU!