Gavin Newsom unveils mortgage relief plan over 1 year after LA wildfires — victims say rebuilding in regulatory chaos

The mortgage relief, however, does little to address the bigger problem for wildfire survivors: Most can't afford to rebuild, and even those who can are often stuck in a permitting mess.Aurora Barboza Flores, an Altadena resident who learned she would receive nine additional mortgage payments under the expanded program, called it "a huge relief" in a statement provided by the governor's office. "The cost is really our biggest stressor. It's what we carry on our shoulders, what we go to sleep with, what we w ...