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One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm.
the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters
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The supervisors also voted to temporarily bar landlords in unincorporated parts of the county from evicting tenants who have evacuees — or their pets — staying with them in violation of their lease and to suspend some restrictions on short term rentals to ramp up available housing.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
For more information about fire relief and hotel offers for evacuees, visit sandiego.org/about/fire.aspx.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
For evacuees, returning to their homes varies widely from one wildfire to another, depending on the extent of the damage and safety hazards left behind, Kolden said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
And more relief should soon be on the way — Governor Gavin Newsom recently issued an executive order to expedite temporary housing for wildfire evacuees, streamline the construction of accessory dwelling units, and extend the prohibition of price gouging.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
For more information about fire relief and hotel offers for evacuees, visit sandiego.org/about/fire.aspx.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
For evacuees, returning to their homes varies widely from one wildfire to another, depending on the extent of the damage and safety hazards left behind, Kolden said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
And more relief should soon be on the way — Governor Gavin Newsom recently issued an executive order to expedite temporary housing for wildfire evacuees, streamline the construction of accessory dwelling units, and extend the prohibition of price gouging.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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evacuee
noun
evac·u·ee
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē 
: an evacuated person
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