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California Service Corps deploys 150 volunteers to Los Angeles fire relief
Summary
The California Service Corps deployed 150 full‑time, paid volunteers to assist families affected by recent Los Angeles fires, preparing nearly 10,000 food boxes and serving more than 7,000 people at disaster resource centers, officials and a Cap Radio report said.
The California Service Corps deployed 150 full‑time volunteers to the Los Angeles area to assist residents affected by recent wildfires, Laura Fitzgerald of Cap Radio reported.
The deployment is part of the Office of California Volunteers, a statewide program created under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to coordinate paid and unpaid service programs across the state. Laura Fitzgerald said the service members helped prepare nearly 10,000 boxes at the LA Food Bank and provided resources for more than 7,000 individuals at disaster resource centers.
Josh Friday, the state’s chief service officer with California Volunteers, said the program’s network of trained members allows a rapid response when disasters strike. Friday said service members will continue working in the months ahead on fire‑prevention projects such as home hardening and clearing defensible space.
Fitzgerald’s report noted that service corps members are paid volunteers and that the Office of California Volunteers also oversees a college corps, which aims to provide student service opportunities and help reduce student debt, and a climate action corps for resiliency projects. The deployment to Los Angeles followed the region’s recent fires; the report did not specify exact dates of arrival or the total duration of the deployment.
Details about funding sources for the deployment and whether the volunteers’ assignments require additional approvals were not specified in the report.
In Sacramento, Laura Fitzgerald reported for Cap Radio.
