Credit: CAL FIRE_Official - Palisades Fire Photos and videos from the Palisades Fire that started in the City of Los Angelas, January 2025.

Wildfire Response

We are devastated by the fires that have impacted so many lives, homes, businesses, and institutions in our beloved Los Angeles communities.
Armed with our mission to end the epidemic of homelessness in LA—and the team and infrastructure we’ve built to carry out that mission—we have worked with key partners to rapidly help those suddenly left homeless, jobless, or both. We are particularly concerned about individuals and families who were already vulnerable prior to the disaster, and we want to ensure that they are properly supported in the recovery process.
Here are the initiatives we have put into place to help our community recover stronger in the weeks and months ahead: 

“Thank you so very much for the support and help. My son and I are incredibly grateful. I can’t thank you enough. God bless you for blessing us.”
— Deysi Rivas, EAF grant recipient

Emergency Assistance Fund

Six days after the fires began, Better Angels launched an Emergency Assistance Fund (EAF) to support economically vulnerable families impacted by the fires. For these low-income families, the fires have created a uniquely precarious situation, one which has the potential to plunge many of them into homelessness.
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Leveraging the infrastructure of our existing homelessness prevention pillar, the STEP Fund, we operationalized a program providing emergency grants directly to low-income individuals and families who lost their homes in the fires. The money provides immediate relief around critical items such as food, clothing, transportation and medicine. Applications are reviewed daily, then verified by the Better Angels team, and following an underwriting process, awards are directly deposited into individuals' accounts daily.

The vast majority of low-income applicants were directly impacted by the Eaton fire. Grantees include: 

  • A 79-year-old blind woman from Altadena who was living with her grandson when her home burned to the ground, and she was not able to take anything, including her documents.
  • A family of 7 in Altadena (including two adult children, their parents and their minor children) who have been forced to stay in Azuza and were unable to get their children to school in Pasadena. The grant was used for clothing for the children and transportation to get them to and from school.
  • A family of 6 (including two adults and 4 minor children) who lost everything in the fire and have no family in California. They did not know where else to turn.

To date, more than 300 grant applications have been processed, and over $60K in aid has been distributed to over 100 families. Thanks to additional funding for the program from LA Tech Cares, we will enable even more families to get the help they desperately need. 

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Resource Days

Resource Days are a staple of the Better Angels slate of services we provide to people experiencing homelessness. We host dozens of Resource Days around LA County each quarter, where anyone who is unhoused and in crisis can receive food, water, hygiene supplies, and other essentials.
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The Better Angels Services Team hosted a Resource Day in Encino while under an evacuation warning, co-hosted an event at Whittier Narrows a few days after it was evacuated for local fires, and partnered with LA Mission to host a services event near Altadena.

We will be hosting many more of these events in the coming weeks and months at locations throughout LA County, including some of the area’s most impacted by the wildfires.

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List of Volunteer Roles

  • Guest Greeter
  • Food and Drinks Servers
  • Charging Station Coordinator
  • Art/Craft Specialist
  • Photographer
  • Hygiene Distributor
  • Project System Analyst
  • Software Engineer (Front/Backend)
  • and many more

HireMy

In addition to thousands losing their homes, many of the most vulnerable Angelenos, who were domestic workers in those homes, are now unemployed. Better Angels has been working closely with former residents of the fire-impacted communities to launch HireMy, a referral network for experienced housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, and other domestic workers. If you had domestic workers that are now in need of a new job, or if you are in the market for highly rated, experienced workers, please reach out. 

Hire or recommend workers who were impacted by the CA wildfires for full, part-time or project-based work.

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Donation Center

In partnership with Kiley Coleman and girltalk., Better Angels is supporting the Donation Center. The Donation Center has created a store-like experience for people who have lost their homes from the fires, providing clothes, shoes, food, home goods and other essentials free of charge. All of the items at the Donation Center have been donated by the LA community.

Open again starting February 13th
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Address
13450 Maxella Ave. Marina del Rey, CA 90292
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Pickup days:
Thursday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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*Bring proof of residency
*Please hold onto donations until requested again.

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A generous donation can transform lives -- and our communities -- by providing vital support and resources to people experiencing homelessness in LA county, as well as the angels who serve them.

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Earn Your Wings

A generous donation can transform lives -- and our city -- by providing vital support and resources to people experiencing homelessness in LA county, as well as the angels who serve them.

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Shine Up Your Halo

Make a tangible difference in your community by becoming a Better Angels volunteer. A few hours of your time provides much-needed resources and hope to our homeless neighbors.

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