 About 100 people a day make their way to the ROE Center here at 625 Fifth Street in Santa Rosa. It is the first big step that they need to take to get their homes rebuilt and their lives back to normal. The stress of losing one's home only starts with the rubble left behind. Survivors resilience is now being tested by the long and arduous task of rebuilding their lives. It's actually been my job mission over the last two weeks is to figure this whole thing out. That's why a Rite of Entry Center like this one has been established in each of the counties affected by the October wildfires. Rite of Entry, or ROE, is a form that, once completed and signed by the homeowner, allows contractors onto their property to remove all that fire debris and clean the land of any toxics. With that form comes a lot of questions, and that's the reason for the Centers. The hardest part was finding it. Once we found it, it went in, had a five minute wait until somebody put us behind a computer. The guy was just out full. Like Ruth O'Connor from Larkfield, everyone here is a wildfire victim. But they each have a unique situation. Eric Pearson of Glen Ellen is the anchor tenant for a ranch that lost four homes. Sure, four houses can get cleaned up pretty easily. They're 1,500 square feet each, but we've got 50,000 square foot of barn with old chemicals and toxic, and that needs to be cleaned up, too. Other property owners were hit more than once. John McCall has multiple properties all over Sonoma County that burned to the ground. He's got his signed ROE form firmly in hand. So initially, did you have any reservations about signing one of these? Well, I'm an attorney, so I looked it over, and not really. But many do have reservations, and by coming to the ROE Center, questions are answered. Did they answer all of your questions? Yes, he did. He was very knowledgeable. It wasn't his first rodeo. And those that can't be answered immediately will be researched by staff and then relayed to the property owner by phone. This Center is open seven days a week, nine to six, but they won't be here forever. Time is ticking. This process is going to be coming to an end, and so we do need them to start making those decisions quickly. So if they have questions, come down, talk to us. Ruth left the ROE Center with a smile on her face. Her future can now begin. We'll start rebuilding process and start all over again. So we can't stress enough the importance of coming down to the ROE Center, not only to get that form, get it filled out and turned in, but also to answer any of those questions you may have. A lot of the questions that are out there are happening because the information is changing so quickly. Well, these folks here are updated continuously, so they have that real-time information, those answers that you're looking for.