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๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐€๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ˜”

Washington Post coverage of Camp Fire survivor evictions.
CHICO, Calif. โ€” Mike Erickson had been living in the trailer park for 341 days when he saw the new sign. It was unmissable, a blue billboard at the entrance to what had become a place of last resort for families made homeless by the worst wildfire in California history. Its message was unmissable, too. In 12 days, the site would be closing and everyone would have to be out.

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Big Chico Creek Runs Dry on Campus

๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐จ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐’๐”๐‚ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ (๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž).

At this rate itโ€™s quite possible we will see Sycamore Pool run dry before summerโ€™s end.

Unprecedented droughts.

Entire communities wiped out by an endless fire season.

Record-breaking heat waves.

๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐จ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐“ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง.

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Evicted Camp Fire Survivor Vindicated in Court, City Attorney Doesnโ€™t Bother to Show Up, Again

๐–๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ: Larry D. Halstead is a campfire survivor who was homeless, camping in the park, and evicted during the winter sweeps, then cited when he refused to go. The charges against him have finally been dropped! We could not be more thrilled to see Larry vindicated. โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ช Read more about Larry's story โ€ฆ

๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ: Chicoโ€™s city attorney didnโ€™t even bother to appearโ€ฆ

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