John Vrsalovich expects the entire rebuild of his home that was razed by the Altadena wildfire nearly two years ago to be covered by his insurance payout from AAA — a financial fact that doesn’t apply to many of his neighbors in the upper-middle-class enclave on the edge of Pasadena. While concerns about the slow pace of rebuilding often point the finger at the red tape of bureaucratic delays, it’s the red ink borne of limited insurance payouts and high construction costs holding up rebuilding in Altadena. Research from the Department of Angels — a nonprofit founded after the fires […]
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