TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Top emergency resources
- Safety Tips
- Human evacuation shelters
- Animal evacuation shelters
- Free Items & Distribution Hubs
- Restaurants offering free food
- Where to donate
- Health Support
- Housing
- Childcare & baby essentials
- Disability services
- Mental Health Resources
- Resources for immigrants
- Legal protections
- Volunteer
- Information & alerts
- Other resource guides
- Take action
- Action Plans For Those Who Have Loss
Top Emergency Resources
⚠️ FEMA DISCLAIMER ⚠️ from the Latine Families Mutual Aid Directory In order to avoid potential conflicts with FEMA assistance, it’s important to frame your GoFundMe campaign carefully. Avoid specifying that the funds are for expenses like home repairs, medical bills, or cleanup, if you intend to apply for FEMA assistance for those specific purposes.*
Keep the language broader to reflect general recovery and supplemental needs. Here are some ways to rephrase your request for donations: * We’re seeking support to cover unexpected costs and to get back on our feet. * These funds will assist with needs that might not be fully covered by other sources of aid. * Your help will allow us to address the many aspects of recovery and support our family through this crisis. *Please consider that we are not legal experts and this is not meant to replace legal advice. This is meant for raising general awareness. For more information, check out FEMA’s fact sheet. https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/myths-vs-facts |
- If Not Now, Uber and Lyft are offering free rides
- Verizon and AT&T are providing free unlimited data and communication support
- Planet Fitness is offering free access to their facilities
- FREE legal support from LegalMiga Law
- List of brands that are providing free products to families impacted (includes email templates to reach out to brands)
- Pro bono therapy directory available for those directly impacted by the fires
- LADWP will reimburse you for any food in your fridge that spoiled during the power outages
- Inclusive Action provides outdoor workers like street vendors and landscapers with cash assistance of up to $500 (can also call 213-435-1151)
- Good RX - offering free access to an online healthcare provider to refill needed medications. Use code: LA-GOODRX-CARE
- Submit job listings to this database for those who’ve lost jobs to find new work (a link to the database will be published soon, via @walkgoodla)
Safety Tips
Human evacuation shelters:
- Pasadena Free Shower Resources
- Westwood Recreation Center - 1350 South Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
- El Camino Real Charter High School - 5440 Valley Circle Blvd, Woodland Hills
- Pasadena Convention Center - 300 E Green St, Pasadena
- Studio DDLA - 944 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles
- CAMP LA - 2723 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica
- Sender One Westwood - 10887 Lindbrook Dr, Los Angeles
- Sender One LAX - 11220 Hindry Ave, Los Angeles
- Mud|WTR:gather - 2515 Main Street, Santa Monica
- Black Lantern Books / Black Lantern Coop - 6533 West Blvd, Inglewood
- All Saints Church - 32 N Euclid Avenue, Pasadena
- Zala Lawyers, Hotel rooms in Sherman Oaks for evacuees - DM @ginazapanta_
- Re/Creation Cafe - 4500 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles
- St Sarkis Armenian Church - 58 S Sierra Madre Blvd
- Reality Center - 1428 2nd St #400, Santa Monica
- Arcadia Public Library - 20 West Duarte RoadArcadia
- Arcadia Community Center - 375 Campus Drive Arcadia
- Pacific Community Center - 501S. Pacific Avenue Glendale
- LA Dream Center Emergency Shelter - 2301 Bellevue Avenue, Los Angeles
- Sepulveda Recreation Center - 8825 Kester Ave, Panorama City
- Northridge Park - 10120 Reseda Blvd, Northridge
- Ritchie Valens Recreation Center - 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Pacoima
- Westwood Recreation Center - 1350 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles
- Trinity Lutheran Church - 99 East Walnut Street, Pasadena
- All Power Books - 4749 W. Adams Boulevard
- The Sidewalk Project LA - 768 Stanford Ave. Los Angeles
- Junior High LA - 603 S Brand Bivd, Glendale
- Odyssey Games - 1795 E. Colorado Biva. Pasadena
Animal Evacuation Shelters + Resources:
- Los Angeles Equestrian Center - 480 W Riverside Dr, Burbank
- Pierce College Equestrian Center - 7100 El Rancho Drive, Woodland Hills
- Rose Bowl Stadium - 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena
- Agoura Animal Care Center - 29525 Agoura Rd, Agoura Hills
- Pasadena Humane Society - 361S Raymond Ave, Pasadena
- Pierce College Equestrian Center - 6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills
- Paw Works (small animals) - Oxnard
- Milo's Sanctuary (small/large animals) - 550 W. Rancho Vista Blvd, Ste D #106, Palmdale
- Industry Hills Expo Center Stables (horses) - 16200 Temple Ave, City of Industry
- Compton Cowboys (horse hauling) - Compton, LA
- Belles Boarding (small animals) - 5751 W Pico Blvd, LosAngeles
- Western Veterinary Center, Medical & Surgical Hospital - 4990 Reyes Adobe Road, Agoura Hills
- Feed Play Love (pets) - 5850 W 3rd St, Los Angeles
- My Pet Garden (Cats & small/medium dogs) - 2245 East Colorado Blvd, Suite 106, Pasadena
Free Items & Distribution Hubs
- Free N95 Masks - 6325 Pacific Blvd St 300, Huntington Park
- Quirk - 112 West 9th Street #200; vintage store offering 10 items of clothing per person
- Be U Vietnamese Restaurant - 557 N Hoover St, Los Angeles
- If Not Now - Free rides to evacuation centers - DM on Instagram/Google forms
- Skid Row People's Market - Free Masks - 5th and San Pedro, Los Angeles
- Selahnhc - 2930 Hyperion Ave, LA, Silverlake Community Church (2pm-4:30pm)
- It’s Bigger Than Us - 4308 Crenshaw Bivd Los Angeles
- All Power Books - 4749 W. Adams Boulevard, West Adams
- Lagartijas Climbing Crú: Gear Drive - Los Angeles
- Hollywood Food Coalition - 5939 Hollywood Blvd (Salvation Army campus), Los Angeles
- The Peoples Struggle SFV - Greater LA Area
- Food Share of Ventura County - College Park, Ventura
- Junior High LA - 603 S Brand Blvd, Glendale
- Every Table - Local Shelters, Los Angeles
- Odyssey Games - 1795 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena
- Anderson Munger Family YMCA - 4301 W. Third Street, Los Angeles
- Koreatown YMCA - 433 Vermont Ave. Los Angeles
- Cricket Party Services - 633 South Palm Ave, San Gabriel Valley
- The Sidewalk Project LA - 768 Stanford Ave, Los Angeles
- Pasadena Community Job Center - 500 N. Lake Ave. in Pasadena
- List of brands that are providing products to families impacted (includes email templates to reach out to brands)
- American Eagle is gifting free clothing to anyone in need. If you or someone you know could use a little extra help, please reach out
- Citizens of Humanity is donating three pairs of jeans and three tops to people impacted
- Email makenewfamilyphotos@gmail.com to get free family portraits taken to replace lost ones. Offer doesn’t expire.
Restaurants Offering Free Food and Relief
- 47 Restaurants Offering Free Meals
- Free Prepared Meal Delivery
- Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery - Pasadena
- Howlin’ Ray’s - Pasadena
- Saucy Chick Goat Mafia - East Pasadena
- Dot’s Cafe - East Pasadena
- Din Tai Fung - Glendale
- Dtown Pizzeria - West Hollywood
- Guisados - West Hollywood
- Fountain Grains & Greens - East Hollywood
- La Sorted’s Pizza - Silverlake
- Jitlada - East Hollywood
- Milo & Olive - Santa Monica
- Huckleberry Café - Santa Monica
- Le Great Outdoor - Santa Monica
- Danny Boy’s - Westwood
- Fat + Flour - Culver City
- Oy Bar - Studio City
- Burger 3000 - Chatsworth
- Gasolina Cafe - Woodland Hills
- Detroit Pizza Depot - Hollywood Hills
Where to Donate
- GoFundMe Directory for displaced Black families
- GoFundMe Directory for displaced Latino families
- Unified Donation Link for Pilipino / Filipino community
- GoFundMe Directory for disabled folks who’ve been displaced
- GoFundMe Directory for displaced Altadena students and teachers
GoFundMe Directory for fundraisers with less than 20% of their goal reached
- Donate to the ‘We Care: Domestic Worker Relief Fund’ to support domestic workers who’ve been impacted by the fires, more than half of whom are Black, Latinx, and immigrant women
- International Community Foundation is matching $50,000 to support frontline essential workers, farmworkers, and families
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is feeding displaced people
- National Day Laborer Organizing Network is supporting immigrant workers impacted by the fires
- Inclusive Action emergency fund for open air workers (street vendors, landscapers, etc)
- LA Unity & Solidarity Fund for mutual aid and equitable recovery
- Altadena/Pasadena GoFundMe: two leading Black law firms in California have partnered with community leaders to launch a campaign to distribute 100% of the funds directly to affected residents in Altadena and Pasadena.
- Inevitable Foundation has re-opened their Emergency Relief Fund to directly support disabled creatives impacted by the crisis
- The Anti-Recidivism Coalition is setting up a scholarship fund to directly support incarcerated firefighters
- GoFundMe to help LA’s artists and workers start over
Working Families Party has created a donation page that splits up your contribution between on-the-ground funds and relief organizations
- Project HOPE is on the ground with their emergency response team assessing conditions in shelters and coordinating with government officials and local organizations to identify the greatest needs
- Fundraiser to help resource the LA Fire Department – there are options to support them that aren’t financial
- The CA Fire Foundation will support firefighters’ families and anyone impacted by fire
- CalFund Wildfire Recovery Fund focuses on reaching underserved communities with life-saving support: safe housing, mental health care, medical aid, infrastructure rebuilding, emergency communication upgrades, financial assistance, and more
- Donate to Off-the-Grid Missions to help provide aid for deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind and deaf-disabled individuals and their families in crisis.
- Donate to Richard Devylder Disaster Relief Fund to help people with disabilities get hotels, replace lost assistive devices, etc
- MusiCares is providing short-term and long-term relief, including $1,500 in financial assistance and a $500 grocery card
- Entertainment Community Fund is providing financial relief for all performing arts and entertainment professionals
- Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is accepting donations and applications for musicians and music industry workers impacted in Los Angeles County and surrounding areas
- GoFundMe directory for the music community in LA
- GoFundMe to raise money to replace books for children who’ve been displaced
- LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund to support artists and arts workers in all disciplines who have lost residences, studios, archives, artworks, or livelihoods or have otherwise been impacted
- Relief Support for Artists Impacted by LA Wildfires: This form is designed to assess your’ specific needs and allocate resources to support your recovery and continued creative practice
Health Support
- Get some good K95 masks for wearing around.
- Stay Indoors with windows closed
- Do not exercise outside
- Do not use gas stoves, fireplaces or vacuums - which can stir up the indoor air.
- If you have air conditioning, run on recirculate and use a MERV 13+ furnace filter
- Use a HEPA air purifier in bedroom and living rooms
- Filter your drinking and cooking water with a reverse osmosis or other quality system
- If you do go into the burn zone put on minimally a K95 mask, gloves and thick soled boots with booties. Take off boots and keep in a trash bag in a box in the trunk. After all these years fire relief – this is the hardest to enforce and where I've seen people get sick, chemical burns, nails through feet and lung issues. I recommend wearing a full hazmat suit, thick soled boots, and a painting respirator.
- NAC helps protect the lungs and also assists in detoxification
- Drink at least 90 oz of filtered water or tea every day
- Increase your intake of anti-inflammatory such as ginger, turmeric, garlic, dark leafy greens, and fatty fish
- Use a neti pot or saline rinse
Housing
- Palihouse West Hollywood (3 nights)
- Palihotel Culver City (3 nights)
- Palihotel Melrose (3 nights)
- Palihotel Westwood Village (3 nights)
- Palihouse Santa Barbara (3 nights)
- Palihotel San Diego (3 nights)
- Silver Lake Pool & Inn (3 nights)
- ARRIVE Palm Springs (3 nights)
- Station House Inn, South Lake Tahoe (5 nights)
- Lodge at Marconi West (5 nights)
- Pierside Santa Monica (for firefighters only)
- Pacaso
- Airbnb
Childcare & Baby Essentials
Disability Services
- Call/text the Disability & Disaster Hotline at 1-800-626-4959 or email hotline@disasterstrategies.org
- Call or text the Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990
- Call or text for Disability Rights California for the Wildfire Resource Guide specifically for Californians with Disabilities: 1-800-776-5746 (or find the guide at caring.nu/drc-wildfire)
- Go to Off-the-Grid-Missions Emergency Hub for free real-time resources for evacuees with disabilities
- Fill out this form to receive immediate supplies such as mobility aids, medical equipment, hygiene products, food, water, and more
- Fill out this form to submit a GoFundMe link to the directory for disabled people
- Inevitable Foundation has re-opened their Emergency Relief Fund to directly support disabled creatives impacted by the crisis
- Veterans Assistance
- Fill out this form to apply for assistance to cover hotel stays, replace lost assistive devices, etc
- Contact Greater LA Agency on Deafness (GLAD) at 323-892-2225
- Contact Disability Community Resource Center at 310-390-3611
- Contact Communities Actively Living Independent & Free (CALIF) at 213-627-0477 or info@calif-ilc.org
- Deaf Counseling Center: info@deafcounseling.com or call 240-701-5155
Mental Health Resources
- West LA Therapists offering sliding scale & pro bono spots for those affected by the fires
- Pro Bono Therapy for those impacted by the fires
- Integrative Psychotherapy Group is offering free short term therapy and trauma therapy sessions - call 310-461-4393
- Marcus Brittain Flemming (LCSW) in La – offering free 30-minute emotional support sessions to preteens and teens, sign up here
- Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text 66746 - providing 24/7 counseling
- LA County Department of Mental Health: call 1-800-854-7771
Resources for Immigrants
Legal Protections & Insurance Support
- California Labor Code 230.8 gives parents job-protected time off when schools are closed due to natural disasters, including fires
- California Labor Code 1139 states that in the event of an emergency condition, an employer shall not do the following:
- Take or threaten adverse action against any employee refusing to report to, or leaving, a workplace or worksite within the affected area because the employee has a reasonable belief that the worksite is unsafe
- If your unit was damaged:
- If your apartment was completely destroyed by the fire:
- Your lease is no longer valid, you don't owe rent, and your landlord must return any unpaid security deposit within three weeks. It doesn't matter if your lease says otherwise.
- If your apartment suffered major damage and was red-tagged:
- While it's red-tagged, you can't safely or legally live in your apartment, but you can decide if you want to keep your lease and move back in once repairs are made. Demand relocation assistance from your landlord. FEMA is also offering housing assistance.
- If your apartment suffered minor damage:
- Contact your landlord and report the damage to your city's housing department, or the County Department of Public Health. You have the right to withhold rent if your landlord does not make urgent repairs.
- If you lost your belongings:
- If you have renter's insurance:
- Make sure your policy covers wildfire.
- Make a list of the items destroyed, and gather any pictures and receipts you can from those items to submit with your claim.
- Keep track of any expenses you incur as a result of having to relocate for reimbursement depending on your policy (hotel, eating out, transportation, replacing items, etc.).
- If you do not have renter's insurance:
- Apply for disaster relief through FEMA, which can cover essential items like temporary lodging, food, baby supplies, and medication. Submit your application at disasterassistance.gov.
- Mutual Aid LA is keeping an ongoing list of places to get free essentials like clothes, bedding, PPE, emergency supplies, hot meals, water, and food at tiny.cc/malan-fire. A map is at fireaid.info.
- If you’re searching for a new apartment:
- During the state of emergency, you are protected from price gouging: No landlord can raise rents more than 10% in apartments, hotels, motels, and emergency shelters.
- THIS ALSO APPLIES TO NEW TENANCIES. In other words, the landlord cannot rent an apartment for more than 10% over what they charged a previous tenant, or a previous list price. After you move into the apartment, notify the landlord in writing of the state of emergency law, Penal Code 396, and ask them to adjust the rent. If they refuse, seek legal help.
- Report any violations you see on your search to the State Attorney General's office.
- Document any notice you receive from your employer.
- Know that in LA City, you can't be evicted for less than one month's rent:
- Studio: $1856
- Three-bedroom: $3335
- One-bedroom: $2081
- Four-bedroom: $3698
- Two-bedroom: $2625
- IF YOU RECEIVE AN EVICTION NOTICE
- Don't panic. Eviction is a long process and only a judge or sheriff can evict you. But you MUST respond to a court Summons & Complaint within ten days, or you'll automatically lose your case.
- You can file an answer for free online at tenantpowertoolkit.org, or call (323) 207-5854 to find in-person workshops.
- Check out linktr.ee/tenantpower for more info.
Volunteer:
Information & Alerts
- Download the free Watch Duty app (501c3 nonprofit) to track the wildfires and evacuation zones in real time.
Other Resource Guides
These are similar documents I found that have some duplicative information but may also have more than what is here in some categories.
Take Action
Action Plan For Those Who Have Loss