Harvard Club of Southern California

After the L.A. Fires: Path to Home Recovery Session 2 (of 3): Your Rebuilding Team

Mike Yurochko was a victim of the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County in 2019, and founded Loti to help homeowners navigate the difficult and confusing process of rebuilding. He’ll give an expert overview about key knowledge (debris removal, depreciation), timeliness (demand surge) and community (sharing resources).

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Virtual Event via Zoom (details sent after registration)

Register: Please RSVP below
Cost: No charge
Contact: Glenn Nano, glenn.nano@post.harvard.edu

After decades as a tech, engineering and design leader (SanDisk, JP Morgan) and entrepreneur (Stringify was acquired by Comcast), Mike Yurochko set out to build Loti after going through loss and recovery in the Kincade Fire in 2019, to help people navigate the aftermath of surviving a fire and begin arduous path to recovery.

This is the 2nd (of three) sessions, focusing on:

• Not just any contractor
  • Their role, who do they manage / subs
  • Economies of scale
  • Logistics
• Architects
  • Their roles, who do they manage / engineering
  • Major parts of their bids
  • What - might - be different now
• Insurance Corner
  • Extended replacement cost for your building
  • Ordinance Coverage
  • Q&A covering topics from this and Session 1

He’ll be joined by Todd Najera (‘93), who himself is navigating home loss from the Eaton Fire for a brief moderated Q&A at the end.

Click here to view a recording of session 1.

The remainder of the 3-part series will consist of:

Session 3 (of 3): The Year Ahead (mid April)

• Where to store your stuff (leveraging community)
• Hardening your home from future fire
• Replacement Inventor
• Insurance deep dive (continued)
• General follow up from Session 2 and Q&A

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