Almost a quarter of Los Angeles County residents are considering moving after an apocalyptic wildfire in January. And more than a third are little confident that Mayor Karen Bass is struggling with the leadership of her.
Opinion polls, The University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the LA Times23% of respondents are “considering” the movement, and 9% are specifically “seriously considering it.”
41% of respondents believe Mayor Karen Bass did a “poor” or “very poor” job during the fire, while 36% “have little confidence” in their ability to help the city recover.
The poll surveyed 5,184 people in both English and Spanish.
Fire victims were able to wait up to 18 months before rebuilding began, but polls suggest that the number of people weighing the exit is much higher than those who actually lost their homes.
Recent census data shows that the fire has destroyed or severely damaged nearly 13,000 homes, but only 0.004% of the total housing units in the county of around 10 million people.
Conservative Angeleno is most likely to leave. 40% of respondents who are “strongly conservative” and 28% of respondents who are “somewhat conservative” are considering moving.
Regardless of politics, the fires have made a great spiritual sacrifice to the people of Los Angeles.
Approximately one-third of respondents said they experienced high anxiety during the fire, and less than 10% of those considering the movement have a “great” belief in La's ability to recover.
These satisfaction comes after disastrous performances by state and local officials as the wildfires bit $250 billion worth of property and infrastructure.
Many Angelenos also have little faith in Gov. Gavin Newsom, but he has become even better fair. In the opinion poll More than his fellow Democrat bass.
Almost a third of respondents said they did “poor” or “very poor” jobs during the fire, while 35% said they did “good” or “good” jobs.
Only 13% and 6% said the same thing as the mayor, respectively.
As people want to leave, those who stay pay more for privileges.
Recent data From Apartmentlist.com, we showed that rents in Los Angeles are rising twice as normal. The month after the fire, the state Attorney General's Office sent over 700 warning letters to landlords and hotels suspected of price gouging.
