Ultimately the state’s water agency convinced the LA department to turn on Hollman’s water. You… start having feelings of failure as a parent.” “I have a history of paying my bills, working, being a good provider. “It’s been demoralizing, humiliating,” Hollman said on the eighth day. He called the department’s customer service, and said a representative told him that he must pay off his utility debt of $9,064.13 - largely consisting of charges that Hollman disputes as erroneous - before water or power could be restored. Hollman played it off with the kids as some kind of fun obstacle course. They couchsurfed and used friends’ showers. For 11 days, they camped out in air-conditioned grocery stores, Starbucks or his truck. Hollman, his 10-year-old son and his 16-year-old stepdaughter endured 11 days of temperatures in the high 90s to low 100s without water or power. Gavin Newsom recently extended through Sept. ![]() In late June of this year, the department disconnected the water, too - despite a statewide moratorium on water shutoffs that Gov. ![]() Two years ago the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power shut off electricity at Will Hollman’s home in the San Fernando Valley, forcing the family to rely on a gasoline generator. ![]() One family’s experience of surviving a heat wave without water or power reveals what’s at stake. ![]() Lawmakers have agreed to pay off $2 billion of Californians’ utilities debt, but haven’t extended the shutoff moratoria past Sept.
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