#2025 LA fires

[alexa-santi-author]

Here’s what a lot of people don’t understand about real estate in California, and in Los Angeles in particular:

Because of Prop 13, which froze property tax rates on both commercial and residential properties back in 1978, many homeowners in places like Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, and Altadena are either still living in homes they bought in the 1970s-1980s, or they inherited that home from a relative, which allowed them to keep that low property tax rate.

It’s not all or even mostly millionaires and movie stars living in those places. It’s a lot of middle-class retirees who got lucky 40 years ago and never moved because they wouldn’t be able to buy a comparable or smaller property anyway.

So while movie star homes are getting all of the headlines, there are thousands more elderly and middle-class people in those same areas who are losing everything to these fires.

And, yeah, you can be mad that a 1978 amendment to California’s state constitution let this situation of people sitting on houses for 40 years happen, but it doesn’t mean it’s all or even mostly rich people this is happening to.

I’m saying this as someone who’s a renter in Los Angeles county and will likely always be a renter, because the distortions of the property market created by Prop 13 mean we can’t afford anything. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[a-disaster-piece]

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) // “Californiyeah,” from Thr!!!er

California's in my heart, though currently, it's torn apart. And if you've ever seen it, then you know what I mean. California's in my mind, not just now, but all the time.

[cheasegary]

Sometimes I'll be promoted, buy a house, fall in love.

based off this vintage illustration and this tag someone left on my other curlya piece - thank you i laughed

[steepedwonders]

I came across a few more places taking donations courtesy of my Ring app:

The Dream Center: https://donate.dreamcenter.org/donate?amount=35&term=monthly

Friends in Deed: https://linktr.ee/friendsindeedpas

The California Fire Foundation: https://cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterrelief/index.html

California Fire Relief: https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/california-wildfires/

The California Community Fund: https://www.pledge.to/ccfwildfirerelieffund/

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: https://www.lafoodbank.org/

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: https://unitedwayla.org/wildfire-response-resources/

Global Humanitarian Organization, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): https://www.coreresponse.org/southern-california-wildfires/

The Anderson Munger Family YMCA: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkqExGPDQX/

Baby2Baby: https://donate.baby2baby.org/give/440908/#!/donation/checkout

If anyone has any donation links pls send them so we can all help and support Cali :( some of my friends had to evacuate out there and I personally love la it’s so devastating so if there are any links pls let us know so we can help!

These are the organizations I have donated to:

American Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/

LA Fire Department: https://supportlafd.org/

Pasadena Humane Society: https://pasadenahumane.org/give/

A couple of other places that are accepting donations:

World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/relief/california-fires-jan25

The Salvation Army: https://give-sc.salvationarmy.org/give/654073/#!/donation/checkout

Animal Wellness Foundation: https://www.animalwellnessfoundation.org/

Best Friends Animal Society (Amazon wishlist): https://bestfriends.org/donate/other-ways-give/wish-list#BFAS

Whisperhushh also posted a couple of pics of organizations accepting donations: https://www.tumblr.com/whisperhushh/772248708708548608?source=share

And if you're a US Xbox gamer, you can donate some of your reward points to the American Red Cross as well.

[dreams-escape]

L.A 2025 looks like hell on earth

[sgiandubh]

Also, Rowan MacKenzie

Who is back online and publicly posting, upon her arrival in LAX:

The troll is obviously British ('should av') and very, very much unhinged.

This is revolting and I am afraid it comes from this fandom. Let's be logical: who else could hate that brave, gifted and strong young woman, other than a very obvious OL fandom basement troll?

And yes, do we still wonder why people choose to never share private photos?

With fans like this...

See, this is why we never have nice things. Also, don't surmise Rowan MacKenzie was, is or will ever be the only one being bullied like that. And I have to say I am looking forward to the day at least some of these sad, sad cretins will be publicly called out (although, for logical reasons, not necessarily named) for what they do on the regular. Imagining they are untouchable, or something.

Disgusting. Let Justice be served.

PS: thanks for always keeping me informed, darling. You know who you are.

[vintage-tigre]

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Casa en Flames (Dani de la Orden, 2024)

[deramin2]

The hills of LA are on fire In January When there used to be a reprieve.

The malnourished plants Are tinder dry now When water prepared them for spring.

I watched my own state on fire All summer long. Will my temperate rainforest all burn?

And now in the winter I watch firetrap canyons far to the south Suffer the same fate.

Our ecosystems need fire The first peoples guided it It lashed out at colonizers failing to stop it.

It burned in the summer Clearing the dying plants So that winter brought new life.

In the halls of power They say climate change is a hoax And yet I see the climate changing.

The hills of LA are on fire In January When there used to be a reprieve.

[davidaugust]

Seems @bnonews.com has footage of a tesla cybertruck burning in front of the trump international hotel in Vegas.

President-elect musk and his assistant 45 are both starting the year on-brand.

[alexa-santi-author]

I’m not posting about it much because we’re not in direct danger at the moment, but we are the blue dot. 😬

We’re fortunate that the Sunset Fire was knocked back, because that was the closest one to us. You can still see the controlled fire’s gray outline intersecting with our blue dot.

[ladyxgaga]

Lady Gaga will join Gwen Stefani, Tate McRae, Billie Eilish and more artists in a benefit concert to support the L.A. communities affected by the fires.

The L.A. FireAid Concert will take place on January 30th, 2025 in Inglewood, California

[yeahiwasintheshit]

This is so insane looking

[remembertheplunge]

Fire on the Streets

12/13/2025

This is a painting , back and front, done by my homeless friend Kevin A. It symbolizes, I think, the raging fire of homelessness. I think it’s his impression of the feel of life on the streets. The homeless of Los Angeles area are now in great danger due to the raging fires there. I thought I would dedicate this blog to them and to Kevin who is still, after many years, out on the streets.

[todaysbat]

This article is from 2017, while the Thomas Fire raged in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties a few miles north of Los Angeles county, but the subject of the article on what contain means is still true.

[commiepinkofag]

Fox Business News v The Intercept Headlines

Notable difference in coverage illustrates America's economic disparity & institutional racism. Both articles highlight the “over $17 million” | “more than $17.5 million” [Intercept] budgetary decrease of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The brief story by Fox implies a waste of valuable resources to disparage the homeless. In typical fashion, Fox also lays the blame on LA mayor Karen Bass, a Black woman, & not jointly with the city council. Fox calls attention to an “insurance crisis” without mention of corporate greed, exorbitant CEO pay or the true climate crisis.

In contrast, The Intercept's more in depth article details cuts allotted for climate change response and other vital public services. Highlighting the LA Police Department's budget increase of $126 million, & spending on liability claims, The Intercept draws attention to the “state-sanctioned violence,” & the LAPD's request for an additional $160.5 million in the next fiscal year.

The LA fires will result in more homeless individuals/families. The budget to further militarize the LAPD will harm communities of color, as well as the indigent population. The culprits responsible for the climate crisis will continue to reap great profits unless something drastic is done.