US EditionEaton Fire survivors respond to Edison plan: ‘Fix what you broke’
More than 8,000 Eaton Fire survivors demand inclusion of all harmed and housing support until return in response to Southern California Edison’s draft compensation plan.
- On Oct. 9, 2025, the Eaton Fire Survivors Network held a press conference in Altadena where more than 8,000 survivors demanded Edison `fix what you broke` and pay for housing until return.
- On Jan. 7 the Eaton Fire broke out, destroying more than 9,000 homes and killing 19 people, while investigators probe a decommissioned electrical tower and transmission lines.
- SCE’s draft protocol, released Sept. 17, outlines payouts for damage, injury, and fatalities limited to CAL FIRE map areas, with children receiving $5,000 and adults $20,000 in non-economic damages, funded first by $1 billion from Edison’s customer-funded insurance.
- Survivors warn SCE’s eligibility maps exclude impacted residents and that payouts wrongly deduct insurance, while the draft’s temporary housing cap over 42 months is insufficient; the DOJ sued Edison last month over 12.5 square miles of forest costs.
- A UCLA study shows roughly 70% of affected homes remain unrepaired, with 73% of Black and 71% of Asian homeowners delayed, while outside investors buy damaged homes and permit application delays stall recovery.
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Altadena residents say Southern California Edison's Eaton Fire compensation program is inadequate
Weeks after Southern California Edison announced initial details of its compensation program for survivors of the deadly Eaton Fire, residents are pushing back.
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Eaton Fire survivors respond to Edison plan: ‘Fix what you broke’
Eaton Fire survivor Zaire Calvin, at podium, speaks to attendees of Thursday’s press conference held by the Eaton Fire Survivors Network at The Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena in response to Edison’s draft compensation plan on Oct. 9, 2025. (Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer) A group representing more than 8,000 Eaton fire survivors outlined a response to Southern California Edison’s draft protocol for its wildfire recovery compensati…
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Altadena residents say Southern California Edison’s Eaton Fire compensation program is inadequate
Weeks after Southern California Edison announced initial details of its compensation program for survivors of the deadly Eaton Fire, residents are pushing back. In an open letter to the company released this week, a group representing thousands of people from Altadena and the surrounding areas laid out their concerns with the program. In the letter and at a press conference Thursday, they said they are most frustrated that the maps Edison uses t…
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