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On the recordAugust 19, 2019
I am speaking from two different perspectives. One, not only as a legislator in my official capacity but No. 2, in 2005 I lost my home and everything that I owned to a fire.
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Norma Torres
Democratic · California

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Sharing personal experience of losing a home to fire while discussing fire season preparations.

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