Recovery Center at Kaiser Arena Open Daily

Santa Cruz County residents impacted through evacuation or damage by the CZU Lightning Complex Fire can start the process to recover and rebuild at a newly opened resource center at the Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz, home of the Santa Cruz Warriors, which is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Representatives from county, state and federal agencies will be available to answer questions about assistance programs and services.

Residents can register with FEMA for federal disaster assistance and get information on the rebuilding process, debris removal, utilities, insurance, community and social services and obtaining documents that may have burned in the fire.

Some online services are available at www.santacruzcounty.us.

Hotel Vouchers Online

On Monday, the Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center announced a new online hotel application and renewal request form for evacuees from CZU fires, which has destroyed 811 homes in the county, is ongoing in Boulder Creek, Bonny Doon and part of Ben Lomond and is 39 percent contained. More than 6,700 structures remain threatened.

Evacuees not yet placed at a hotel may go to https://tinyurl.com/SCCHotel to submit a first-time application for hotel program assistance. This program is managed by the state Department of General Services and supported by FEMA.

Evacuees at a hotel may go to https://tinyurl.com/SCCHotelRenewal to request a renewal of their seven-day reservation when they are within 24 hours of their reservation’s check-out date. These links are also available at www.santacruzcounty.us/fireresources.

Applications should not be submitted more than once because evacuees doing this risk being rejected by the state program, according to the county.

Once your evacuation order is lifted, you are required to check out of your hotel the next morning even if your seven-day reservation has not expired, county officials said.

Evacuation orders have been lifted, in this order, from UC Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Paradise Park, Mount Hermon, Zayante, Lompico and Bear Creek Road east, Felton, Davenport and parts of Ben Lomond, allowing people to return home to areas the fire did not reach. Repopulation is ongoing, with updates at www.smco.community.zonehaven.com.

If you are evacuated and have not been permitted to return home, you may remain in your hotel for the remainder of your seven-day reservation duration. If you are within 24 hours of the end of your seven-day reservation and are still under evacuation order, use the online renewal request form to request an extension.

For a map of evacuated areas to see if your area’s evacuation order is lifted, visit https://tinyurl.com/y3zc8hpt.