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Displaced By Fire Or Earthquake? State Orders Phone Companies To Help You

By Sharon McNary
Published August 19, 2019 05:31 PM
People take photos on their cell phones at the edge of the Creek Fire in Lakeview Terrace on Dec. 5, 2017.
Andrew Cullen for KPCC
People take photos on their cell phones at the edge of the Creek Fire in Lakeview Terrace on Dec. 5, 2017.

If a disaster forces you from your home, access to reliable phone service can help you get back on your feet. State utility regulators have voted to require phone companies to provide some essential basic services for survivors.

Sharon McNary
I cover infrastructure, which I define as all the different things we build together to make life better. So we’re talking the power grid, our systems for managing rainfall, sewage and drinking water, air quality, roads, ports and more. Part of that is reporting on how well and equitably they serve my fellow Angelenos.
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