Oct 21, 2017

"It's been really humbling," she said. "No one looks down at you. This is a resort area, a vintage town. Everybody didn't want homeless people on the streets. Now people are homeless."

(Photo CNN)

No place to go. No place to store donations.
Figuring out what to do day to day. Charging cell phone where and when you can. Sleeping in a tent, washing up in a shelter. Lack of housing, lack of affordable housing. Price gouging.
"The fire didn't discriminate. The most destructive fire in California history torched Santa Rosa's high-end homes, middle-class neighborhoods and a mobile home park. It left the entire spectrum of the city's population in distress as homes and businesses went up in flames.
And because of the housing crunch gripping the San Francisco Bay Area, survivors of the fire are dealing with a different kind crisis: They have nowhere to go."

http://www.krcrtv.com/news/national/they-survived-california-fires-now-crisis-is-finding-housing/642543451?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_kaef23kbvu28

Those Californians who regularly fought development and building more housing in California should be ashamed of the situation they created. Affordable housing is not just an issue for the victims of the recent wildfires but a constant struggle for most people in California.

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