California’s firestorm and its financial future
The complex fires are devastating California, which so far burned more than 1m acres. It has destroyed my father’s home in Vacaville, which is also the location of Silent Stay Retreat Center. Many are facing the consequences of losing their homes, such as possible homelessness (my parents are fine!) financial loss and a loss about how their future will unfold. This crisis, along with the pandemic, has pressed California’s once-famous surplus into a deficit, expected to reach