Frustration And Tears As Paradise Turns Out To Protest The PG&E Fire Victim Trust
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Survivors of the 2018 Camp Fire gather in Paradise, Calif. May 22, 2021 to protest runaway overhead expenses by the PG&E Fire Victim Trust.
Lily Jamali / KQED
By Lily Jamali
PARADISE, Calif. Teri Lindsay said she had no intention of speaking at a fire survivors’ rally that drew about a hundred people to the Skyway in Paradise Saturday. But as her daughter, Erika, stood by her side tears streaming down the young girl’s face Lindsay voiced her frustration at her family’s living conditions 2.5 years after the 2018 Camp Fire.
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Some Northern CA fire survivors remain in dire straits while waiting for compensation
Action News Now has heard from many fire survivors who are waiting for compensation from the Fire Victim Trust for losses related to PG&E-caused fires. They shared their stories.
Posted: May 9, 2021 5:41 PM
Updated: May 10, 2021 8:23 AM
Posted By: Lorraine Dechter
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Action News Now has reached out via social media to help identify people in critical need of financial support as they wait for their settlement offers and partial payments from the Fire Victim Trust (FVT) to compensate them for their losses and pain and suffering due to fires determined to be caused by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E).