Although for most people, the windstorm is an event of the past, but recovering now is very costly. The total cost of damage for the district was a little over $225,000.
“Our custodial, maintenance and operations staff deserves a big kudos,” Temple City’s Chief Business Official David Jaynes said. “It took several months to correct the fences. Now, all has been corrected, but not all the trees have been replaced.”
Senator Ed Hernandez proposed SB1544 and Governor Jerry Brown signed it after its proposal. SB1544 states that legal taxpayers in the Counties of Los Angeles and San Bernardino can “make an election to claim a deduction for any losses sustained in the Counties of Los Angeles and San Bernardino as a result of the severe winds that occurred in November 2011 on the tax return for the preceding year.”
Those whose properties were damaged in the windstorm are now allowed to carry over their uninsured losses for 20 years.
County Supervisor Michael Antonovich recently approved the award of a $70,000 grant to Temple City in an attempt replant all of the trees lost.
The grant will allow the city to replant at least 300 trees on public property, streets and industrial parkways. The city has already spent a total of $20,000 in the past in order to clean up and remove the trees which created hazards, caused traffic and obstructions.
Trees are a major part of Temple City. In May 2012, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized Temple City, for the ninth year, as “Tree City USA.” Temple City is among 3,400 other communities in the United States with the title.