Singer Jhene Aiko is among those who lost their homes and have been displaced by the fires that swept through the Los Angeles region. Aiko posted an Instagram video of herself walking through the rubble of her “cozy cottage dream.”
Actors Yvette Brown and Kym Whitley came to the defense of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a video via TMZ. “We have fires every year, and I don’t remember in almost thirty years of living in L.A. that I’ve ever seen everybody react like this and blame one person for a natural disaster,” Whitley said. “Now what’s different this time?” She alludes that Mayor Bass is being unfairly targeted by the media because she is a Black woman. Brown adds, “This is not the time for blame. This is the time to get some resources.”
Other stars like Tyler Perry have spoken out against the treatment of residents during this disaster. “Appalling that insurance companies can take billions of dollars out of communities for years and then, all of a sudden be allowed to cancel millions of policies for the very people they became rich on,” Perry posted on Instagram.