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Dear Arts for LA Community Members,

We hope you and your loved ones are safe.

There have been 180,000 evacuations (and growing) across LA County over the last 48 hours due to the wildfires. Entire neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena, Sepulveda Basin, Sylmar and the Hollywood Hills are gone. All schools in the LA Unified School District are closed. Businesses and cultural institutions have been entirely destroyed by the ongoing fires. This is the most destructive fire in LA history. 

Los Angeles, our hearts are with you, especially those who lost loved ones, lost homes or were displaced during this crisis. We also recognize all of the first responders who are at this very moment fighting these fires, and helping people to safety no matter how dangerous it might be. This is one of those moments where we must come together as one community to take care of one another with small and big actions alike. 

Below are resources that we hope will help you or can be forwarded to help your loved ones:

• If you have been displaced and are seeking temporary housing, you can go here
• Emergency Relief Grants for craft artists available via CERF+ here
• You can register for LA County Emergency Alerts here
• For a trusted and locally based guide to LA Services, you can go here
• LA Unified School District Updates and meal distribution for LAUSD Students here
• A list of entertainment industry resources from Entertainment Community Fund here
• For resources pertaining to evacuation, housing, food, air quality, clean up, mental health, legal aid, and other issues, go here.
• Mutual Aid LA’s List for a region-wide list of resources here
• You can find donation drop-off locations across LA to support families here 
• If you are able to, make a financial contribution to Wildfire Relief efforts here
• If you are able to, support local American Red Cross Disaster Relief efforts here

To local artists and leaders of our local cultural institutions: if you have been impacted, please contact us so that we will know the impact this crisis is having on our local arts ecosystem and so that Arts for LA can be a connector to others that can help.

We recognize that recovery from natural disasters can take years. Let us come together now and strengthen one another in this time of great need. 

In Solidarity,

Arts for LA Board and Staff