""It's a stopgap," Bednarski said. "We need an infusion of sustainable funds to keep the company solvent.""
""It doesn't feel fair," said Morgan Z Whirledge, a member of the Altadena Town Council who lost his home. "That's a lot for people to stomach, especially at a really vulnerable time.""
""It feels very dire," he said."
The Eaton fire leveled three-quarters of homes served by Las Flores Water Co. and destroyed roofs of two covered drinking-water reservoirs. The company restored clean water to homes that remained standing but faces costly repairs and a sharp drop in income because most of its 1,500 customers have not rebuilt or reconnected. The Las Flores board plans a roughly $3,000 "fire recovery fee" over five years (about $50 monthly) to avoid insolvency as reserves, about $500,000, shrink. Las Flores is the smallest of three private Altadena utilities and faces the most severe shortfall. The fee would affect hundreds of property owners still struggling to return.
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