Members of two tribes that were hardest hit by the southern California wildfires are still waiting on mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians and the Ja Lolla Band of Luiseno Indians each lost about 60 structures and homes. More than forty families from both tribes have applied for FEMA housing.
But more than a month after the fire, only one family on the La Jolla Reservation has received a mobile home.
Others, including Rincon council member Gil Parada, have been caught in "bureaucratic red tape" between FEMA and the local power company.
"I've got a big, beautiful mobile home wrapped up in red tape at March Air Base," Parada told The North County Times.
Get the Story:Rincon fire victims await FEMA mobile homes (The North County Times 11/29)
FEMA mobile home rolls in (The San Diego Union Tribune 11/29) Relevant Links:
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