"Taken together, the bills aim to protect homeowners and tenants immediately after a disaster, provide property tax relief, help workers recover and make it easier to rebuild, and make insurance work better for property owners and small businesses. Legislation the governor signed also seeks to crack down on looters and people who impersonate first responders and to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires."
""Together with the legislature, we're putting the lessons we learned in January into action and delivering the most significant upgrade to California's disaster response and recovery efforts in years - supporting wildfire survivors now and in the future," he added. The governor this week met with wildfire survivors and legislators in Altadena - a San Gabriel Valley community ravaged by the Eaton fire - to sign several of the bills."
A sweeping package of bills was signed nine months after Los Angeles County's devastating wildfires to help victims recover from the January disaster. The bills protect homeowners and tenants immediately after disasters, provide property tax relief, assist workers, ease rebuilding, and improve insurance for property owners and small businesses. Legislation also increases penalties for looters and individuals impersonating first responders and includes measures to reduce future catastrophic wildfire risk. One bill delays tenancy status for displaced people living in hotels, motels or short-term rentals up to 270 days to encourage temporary housing availability. Several bills were signed at a public event in Altadena.
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