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LA County official criticizes GoFundMe for its fees on fire fundraisers: 'We are in a crisis'

A home burns during the Palisades Fire near Los Angeles.AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP/Getty ImagesA Los Angeles County official criticized GoFundMe, citing a large fee for a donation she made.The official, however, was likely mistaken about the size of the fee.The moment illustrated the heightened emotions among those fighting the fires in Los Angeles County.A Los Angeles County official publicly criticized GoFundMe on Saturday for charging people high transaction fees for fire-related fundraisers.The official, however, was likely mistaken about the size of the fee.It was an emotionally charged moment that brought home the stress — and financial pressure — facing many residents of Los Angeles County as the fires raged for the fifth consecutive day.Thousands have lost their homes, and hundreds of thousands have been ordered to evacuate or warned they may need to at any moment.During a press conference updating the public on the scale of the disaster and what emergency crews and officials were doing to help, Kathryn Barger, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, singled out the crowdfunding platform."Let me go off-script for a minute," Barger said.

 

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