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#Palisades | Pali | Pacific Palisades | City: Los Angeles | County: Los Angeles | Type: Neighborhood of Los Angeles | Area: 24 sq mi (63 km2) | Population: ca. 24,000 | Similarities with Mediterranean climate and topography | Large population of California wild parrots | Beaches: Palisades Beach | Santa Monica State Beach, Will Rogers State Beach | Mountains: Santa Monica Mountains | Parks: National Recreation Area, Will Rogers State Historic Park | Inceville: a prototype for Hollywood film studios with a studio head (Ince), producers, directors, production managers, production staff, and writers all working together under one organization and under supervision of General Manager | Jerry Lewis lived on Amalfi Drive in Pacific Palisades during 1950s | TV series Baywatch filmed at Lifeguard Headquarters by tower 15 of Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades | Will Rogers: actor, vau devillian, cowboy, columnist, humorist, radio personality, Katherine La Hue book, Pacific Palisades: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea | January 7, 2025, Palisades Fire began, fully contained on January 31 | Celebrities impacted by Palisades fire: Paris Hilton, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Anthony Hopkins, Jeff Bridges, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis...

#Angeleno

#Abnormal heat | Heat wave

#Access roads to access Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)

#Aging infrastructure

#Affects of salt water used in air tankers on environment

#Airborne contaminants

#Air resources grounded due to heavy wind

#All three water tanks in Palasades had gone dry

#Building codes only apply to new structures

#Brush fires burn homes

#Buses left in danger zones

#Cars left in danger zones

#Combination of factors that resulted in the blazes

#Continued extreme fire weather and wind scenario

#Court battles between the state and federal government

#Cracked seals can cause leaks or contamination, reducing booster pump efficiency

#Crews struggling with low water pressure

#Crews attempting to reroute water to refill tank had to be evacuated

#Extremely low humidity

#High winds drove flames

#Fast-moving wildfire exploded

#Wildfire rapidly grew

#Resilience

#People flew from the area

#Dangerously strong winds for fire fighting planes

#Deaths

#Demand at lower elevations hampered ability to pump water to tanks at higher elevations

#Densely packed neighbourhoods

#Destruction caused by wildfires

#Downed trees

#Driest start to the water year on record

#Drone interfering with wildfire response hit plane

#Dry hydrants due to a lack of electricity

#Dry conditions fueled fires

#Dry hydrants due to unprecedented demand

#Dry vegetation primed to burn rapidly

#Embers rain down on firefighters

#Evacuations hampered when power goes off

#Extended period of very low humidities

#Extraordinarily dry conditions in Southern California

#Extreme fire behavior

#Extreme fire weather and wind scenario

#Extremely warm summer and fall

#Fake job offers

#Falling power lines that ignite surrounding trees or brush

#Faults on the power grid

#Faulty sensors can prevent booster pumps from functioning properly

#Fast moving flames

#Fighting wildfire with urban water systems

#Figuring out insured losses

#Financial resources limited prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies

#Fires fueled by hurricane-force winds

#Firefighters ran out of water while battling the blaze

#Fire hydrants went dry

#Fire tornado

#Fire in Monterey lithium battery power plant

#Fires were started by human activity & structures

#Fires igniting and spreading rapidly

#Getting building permit to start rebuilding

#Children who have experienced the fire

#Ground Absorbing more than emitting, temperatures go up

#Growing threat of firestorms

#Growing threat of windstorms

#Growing threat of climate-driven disasters

#Hanging power cables

#Having to wait before it is safe to return

#Hilly areas

#Hillsides covered with bone-dry vegetation

#Higher risk of power outages

#Historically low rainfal

#Homeowners with garden hoses battling the blaze

#Humidity remaining low

#Hurricane-force gusts of up to 100 m/h prevented deploying aircraft to drop water and fire retardant

#Hydrant pressure lost to refill fire engines

#Unpredictable nature of brush fires

#Poor air quality

#Hughes Fire

#Mix of lower winds

#Parts of the interstate in the area closed

#People stuck on Interstate

#Dark smoke

#Fires keep popping up

#Winds and dry brush made fires hard to fight

#Fire fatigue

#Standby state

#Waiting for wind-driven flames to threaten homes

#Ready to go state

#On edge state

#Hard to go to work when worried

#House could burn down risk

#Kids at school

#Hard to know what is going to happen

#Identifying those killed

#Inaccurate social media post

#Inconsistent vegetation management

#Increasing fire size, frequency, and susceptibility to beetle outbreaks and drought driven mortality

#Increasing risk of disaster fueled in large part by climate change

#Intensifying drought conditions

#Issues with water pressure in Pacific Palisades

#Hughes fire broke out 5 miles from jails

#Shortage of transport buses

#Three quarter of transport buses not operational

#Nightmarish logistics of transferring inmates

#Barracks-style facility

#Jailers told to shelter inside the same complex

#Too few buses available to evacuate

#Aging bus fleet increasingly difficult to repair

#Evaluating the situation taking too long

#Rapid deployments needed

#Keeping tank plane airborne and on target to release drenching stream of fire retardant

#Keeping native biodiversity

#Key ingredient in fighting fires: water

#Landslide threats to traffic

#Live electrical wires

#Long-duration, multi-round fire weather event

#Long-range transport of burning embers

#Loosing low level clouds, means you lose their cooling effect

#Looting Part of LA water supply system was out of commission

#Low water pressure

#Managing forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands for broad ecological and societal benefits

#Many fire warnings before - you do not know how seriously to take it

#Minimizing the risk of future fires

#Mix of factors setting the stage for high fire danger

#Medical facilities would be impaired if water system is shut down

#Mountain wave phenomenon

#Municipal water systems not designed to fight firestorms

#Multiple aircraft operating in the same area

#Multiple fires breaking out one after another in the same geographic region

#Navigating turbulent canyons

#Offshore winds gusting

#Pacific Palisades is at the far end of the municipal water system

#Palisades fire

#Palm trees flared up like match sticks agains

#Particularly Dangerous Situation

#People not organized

#People not prepared in advance

#Persistently dry weather

#Pipes may not be able to handle temporary shifts

#Powerful winds increase containment of the wildfires still burning

#Power outages

#Power outages can stop pumps

#Power shutoffs

#Providing sustained live coverage online is in the age of video on-demand

#Rain in winter, followed by extended period of dry air and drought, left hills around LA covered in excess of parched vegetation

#Ramping up security in areas that have been evacuated

#Rebuilding and repairing schools

#Rebuilding quickly and without roadblocks

#Recoving the remains of people killed

#Regular maintenance of booster bumps

#Regular maintenance of water reservoirs

#Reservoir was undergoing repairs and was empty at the time of the fires

#Reservoir was empty for almost a year for minor repairs

#Reservoir repare work should have been done in-house

#Reservoir scheduled to reopen year later

#Retardant drop pointless due to heavy winds,

#Rain

#Mud slides

#Flooding

#Landslides

#Santa Ynez Reservoir was out of commission

#Santa Ana winds (blow offshore, from deserts to coast, bringing dry air with them)

#Scammers

#Sea water (corrosive, can damage critical equipment in fire fighting places)

#Southern California received little rsin

#Smoke filled canyons

#Southern California Edison cut power to protect firefighters from falling power lines

#Animal evacuation centers

#Backup plan

#Booster pumps

#Bull dozer

#Outpouring of support

#Environmental Quality Act

#Wildfire Recovery Fund

#Recovery Fund

#Concerts to raise money for victims of the wildfires

#Evacuation bags

#Evacuation centers

#Evacuation zones

#Exit routes from home and business

#Executive orders permitting to rebuild faster

#Exterior windows and doors that can resist fire for at least 20 minutes

#Family assistance center

#Feeding centers

#Financial recovery programs

#Fire crew

#Fire pilot

#Fire retardant

#Fireproof roof

#Firefighter

#Firefighting helicopter

#Fire map

#Fire-resistant siding in buildings

#Free video platform

#Grid search

#Go Bag

#Heavy-lift helicopter

#Helicopter

#Helicopter pilot

#Humanitarian group

#Ignition-resistant roof

#Fire Department

#Modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS)

#Satellites detecting hot spots

#Wildfire resources

#National Weather Service

#Sea water for air tanker

#Red flag fire weather warning

#Recycled water irrigation reservoir

#Remote sensor system monitoring water pressure

#Reservoirs of water

#Sensor network

#Smoke forecast

#Power lines

#Determination

#Water

#Water bomb planes

#Water systems to support fighting wildfires

#Water tanker truck

#Weather model

#Wildfire building codes

#Worst-case scenario

#Love

#Diversity

#Music

#Community

#Torched ground

#Castaic Lake | Acting as a buffer

#Panic

#Tolerancy

#Chaotic scene

#Friends

#Brush fire

#Road Closures

#Research

#Preparedness

#Short-term apartment rental

#Strong wings cause explosive fire growth

#Seasoned practices (prevented aircraft & vehicle maintenance

#Tear in the floating cover of reservoir

#Thick smoke making it difficult to breathe in affected areas

#Time it takes for water-dropping helicopter to arrive

#Tree limbs hitting electrical wires

#Tripped circuits can stop pumps

#Unsolicited phone calls asking for donations

#Use of air tankers is costly and increasingly ineffective

#Utilities sensor network outdated

#Vans left in danger zones

#Vehicles left in danger zones

#Water levels in tanks are kept purposely lower in winter time

#Water pressure in upper Palisades sustained with only three storage tanks

#Water pumped into tanks at higher elevations in foothill communities like Altadena

#Water storage of 117-million-gallon water empty in the heart of the Palisades for nearly a year

#Water reservoir drained to avoid contamination

#Water supply systems not built for wildfires on large scale

#Water systems to support fighting wildfires failed

#Water tanks and reservoirs must be kept fluctuating

#Water tanks sporadically ran dry leading the pressure in fire hydrants to drop

#Widespread destruction

#Wind-fed wildfires

#Wind gusts ranging from 45 mph to 70 mph

#Winds causing extreme fire behavior in ongoing blazes

#Winds sparking new wild fires

#Wire fault causes a spark

#Wires hitting one another,

#Without power no way to pump water to where it was needed

#Wooden telephone poles

#Wooden homes

#Aerial firefighters

#Temporary living arrangements

#Communal living

#Spare bedrooms

#Building codes

#Curfews

#Relatives

#Shared hotel suite

#Emotional regulation

#Accepting support

#Creating a sense of safety

#Being together

#Feeding center

#Sharing conversation

#Fire agencies on scene

#Cultivating a sense of gratitude

#Fire pilots

#Discussing needs

#Setting up privacy curtains

#Firefighters

#Firefighting helicopter

#Fire maps

#Carving out personal space

#Fire shelter

#Scheduling

#Creating joint routines

#Minimizing arguments

#Minimizing misunderstandings

#Being considerate

#Contributing

#Hydration pack

#Offering to help

#Recycled water irrigation reservoirs

#Remote sensors system water pressure

#Cooking

#Satellites for wildfire detection

#Seawater

#Helping ease the burden on the hosts

#Creating a sense of normalcy

#Chief Recovery Officer

#Volunteers

#Having routines giving you a sense of order

#Water tanker trucks

#Weather models

#Taking advantage of resources available

#Seeking external support

#Buildings

#Burned area

#Damage projected

#Death tol:

#Economic losses

#Expansion of non-native, invasive species

#Evacuation orders

#Evacuation warnings

#Statistics

#Insured losses

#Fire Size

#Structures

#Adopting strategies to prevent homes from burning so easily

#Disparity in alerts

#Alert system software bugs

#Breakdown of communication

#More timely and targeted alerts

#Failures to issue timely warning to residents

#Could more lifes have been spared ?

#High winds sparked new fires in SoCal

#Wild fire warned to go nuclear |High winds | Dry vegetation | Extreme weather | Feedback loop | Fire generates its own weather patterns | further fueling its intensity

#Business disruptions

#Changes in water policy

#Agreement on Trade in Civil Aviation | 32 signatory nations and European Union | Agreed to eliminate tariffs on aircraft, engines, parts and components

#Helicopter lessor

#Controlled burn

#Grazing

#Mechanical thinning

#Timber harvesting

#Urban conflagrations

#Streamlining forest thinning

#Boosting other wildfire prevention

#Conditions on disaster aid for California

#Voter identification requirements

#Federal financial assistance

#Inferno | Place of suffering (Hell) or a large, uncontrolled fire

#Water management

#Routing more water

#River flows management

#Dam

#Aqueducts

#Pumping plants

#Pumping water

#Toxic ash

#Hazardous materials

#Heavily damaged homes

#Destroyed homes

#Emergency operations

#Assessing work to be done

#Surveying charred properties

#Visitung areas devastated

#Pacific Coast Highway

#Contractors

#Logistics

#Utilities

#Metal

#Sea walls

#Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu

#Tan Tents

#Emergency response vehicles

#Additional incident management team

#Starting to navigate path toward more permanent housing

#Scorched acres

#Destroyed structures

#Killed people

#Getting enough federal aid to rebuild

#Developers

#Gust spread | Difference between sustained winds and peak wind gusts

#Water station

#Uncommon windstorm

#Steep terrain

#Recovery process

#Cleaning debris

#Entering properties not yet allowed

#Flash flooding

#Debris flow | Rushing water downhill also picks up rocks, branches and sometimes massive boulders

#Rain forecast

#Communities

#Vulnerable infrastructure

#Terrain orientation

#Flood watch

#Low pressure system

#Airport delays

#Hail

#Water spouts

#Externalizing

#Emotional support

#Reopening

#Residents can return

#Evacuation orders lifted

#Most zones converted to residents-only access

#Residents can pick up an entry pass

#Residents can enter independently during noncurfew hours

#Containment

#Confirmed

#Lives lost

#Body Language Signals

#Outside consultant

#Rebuilding contract

#Damage assessment

#Monitoring air quality

#Monitoring water quality

#Federal agency

#Ensuring federal reimbursement

#K-rail barrier

#Lithium ion batteries to power electric cars

#Lithium ion batteries to store solar energy in homes

#Cleanup

#Ammunition

#Propane tanks

#Compressed gas cylinders

#Plastic spatulas

#Abandoned cars

#Private donation

#Recovery plan

#Removing red tape

#Unlocking additional capital

#Restoring communities

#Corralling the work

#Coordinating the work

#Philanthropic capital

#Private capital

#Fire debris runoff

#Pollutants

#Carcinogenic chemicals

#Toxic chemicals

#Runoff

#Personal protective equipment

#Abandon cars

#Breaking investigated area down into a grid

#Thermal imaging

#Forestry environment | Embers may bury themselves in tree roots | Embers may get covered by heavy ash

#Small smoldering fire

#Wildfire-relief scammers

#Contracting scams

#Towing scams

#Charitable donation scams

#Fraudsters

#Fraudsters creating a sense of urgency

#Fraudsters encouraging immediate cash deposits

#Fraudsters assurancing that insurance companies will pay all associated costs

#Fake web sites

#Joint Regional Fire Crimes Task Force | Investigating and prosecuting fire-related crimes in L.A. County | LAPD | FBI | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

#Rain turned ash into gray muck

#Cost and timeline for rebuilding bring uncertainty

#Timeline for rebuilding bring uncertainty

#Seeking answers has become a full-time job

#Hard to get information about what needs to be done to move forward

#Questions requiring answers How do we rebuild? |How do we pay for this? |Are there enough contractors to meet the demand? | How does the permitting process work?

#Strained supply chain

#Rising price of lumber

#Fears growing over | who might try to buy the land if residents can not afford to stay | Business cards from real estate developers on damaged properties

#Pacific Palisades reopened to public

#Insurance adjusters

#Tow trucks

#Moving trucks

#Toxic pollution

#Looting

#Lookie-loos

#Premature decision

#Pacific Ocean Gyres

#California Current

#Overseing every phase of construction

#Working proactively with city building departments

#Handling the intricate and time-consuming permitting process

#Specialized in land acquisition, zoning, and permitting, with expertise in Coastal Commission requirements

#Delivering high-quality craftsmanship

#Creating spaces not only beautiful but also safe and built to last

#Managing a wildfire rebuild

#Delivering a safe, resilient, and high-quality home

#Final Inspections and Move-In Readiness

#On-Site Supervision

#Fire-Resistant and Code-Compliant Construction

#Full-Service Residential and Commercial Rebuilds

#Interior design

#Construction

#Insurance claims assistance

#Permitting and permit expediting

#Engineering plans

#Architectural plans

#Rebuild within 110% of original footprint

#Expedited process

#Demolition process | Pre-Demolition Planning | Hazardous Material Removal | Gutting the Building | Demolition Execution | Post-Demolition (Cleanup and Waste Management)

#Pacific Palisades rebuild | No separate demolition permit| Embed demolition into permit submission | Let FEMA to clear major debris and hazardous materials | No additional permitting required

#Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)

#Rebuilding non-conforming structures

#All-electric houses

#Relief from environmental regulations | Governor executive order | Provides relief from regulations | California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) | California Coastal Commission (CCC)

#Extended permit timelines:| Up to seven (7) years to obtain a permit for rebuilding | Three (3) years to complete construction once permits are issued

#Temporary housing | Property owners can have one RV or similar temporary shelter on-site during permitting and construction

#Temporary storage | Property owners can have | a temporary storage shed on-site | for up to three years

#No exemptions | Seismic ordinances | Hillside ordinances | Fire ordinances

#Stucco walls

#Sun shading eaves

#Vernacular architecture

#California Bungalow

#Craftsman style

#Spanish Colonial Revival

#Urban conflagration | Large, destructive fire that spreads beyond natural or artificial barriers, destroying whole city sections | Spreads rapidly between buildings, especially during strong winds | Can destroy entire communities

#California lawmakers

#Fire officials

#Ember-resistant zones around homes

#Post-fire analyses of defensible space

#Need to be more proactive in preparing for conflagrations

#Fire hazard severity mapping

#Resident access pass allows access to Pacific Palisades

#Contractor access pass allows access to Pacific Palisades

#Pacific Coast Highway gridlocked

#PulsePoint app dinged fire had started in the Palisades

#Cellphone video camera

#Mobile phone to call

#Air Quality Index | Created to measure common air pollutants | Includes smog, carbon monoxide and particulate matter | Asbestos, lead, heavy metals not measured

#EPA Task Force | Better wildfire pollution monitoring | Better public informing | Federal Emergency Management Agency | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | South Coast Air Quality Management District | L.A. County Department of Public Health

#Need to regularly monitor air water and soil hazards, including ash, lead, asbestos and chlorine

#Rate hike

#Health services

#Disaster Relief cash cards

#Restoring normalcy

#Distribution hubs

#Health centers

#Evacuation shelters

#Prescription medications

#Protective gear

#Language-inclusive emergency communication

#Health services

#Mental health support

#Equipment funding

#Rebuilding trails

#Tax assessment

#Property taxes

#Price

#Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) | Facilitates redevelopment by setting clear expectations for property use, infrastructure improvements, and compliance with local regulations | Phased Development: structured in phases to ensure compliance with performance schedules and project milestones

#Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA)

#Grab-and-go items | Sandwiches | Salads | Refrigerated snacks

#Pineapple Express | Atmospheric river transporting moisture from near Hawaii to western United States | Narrow, fast-moving river in the sky | Origin near Hawaii, region known for pineapple production | Heavy rainfall | Strong winds | Snowfall in hills | Potential flooding risks

#Arson | Criminal act of intentionally setting fire to property, often resulting in damage or destruction

#Block Captain model

#Reinsurance | Insurers acquire reinsurance from other larger insurers in order to limit their payouts during huge wildfires and other catastrophic events

#California FAIR Plan | State of California established insurance program | For property owners who cannot secure coverage through private insurers | More than 4,400 fire-affected homeowners in LA County have filed insurance claims due to wildfires | Enough to kick the plan strained finances further into crisis mode | Homeowners statewide will see their insurance costs rise whether they live in fire-danger zone or not | FAIR operating with thin base of assets, with only a few hundred million dollars in its coffers | Claims submitted to FAIR appear to top $900 million, threshold at which FAIR must turn to reinsurance to cover its costs | FAIR reinsurance taps out at $2.6 billion | FAIR Plan received > 3,200 claims for damage caused by Palisades fire | > 1,200 claims for damage caused by Eaton fire | > 16,000 structures destroyed | 29 people killed in both fires | If reinsurance proves insufficient to cover FAIR liabilities, state regulations require insurance companies to make up the difference | Those companies are allowed under the same regulations to raise rates on homeowners throughout the state to provide that money

#Landslides | Heavy rains trigger landslides | Mudflow | Debris flow | Deep-seated landslide | Devastating landslide | Landslides are threat to those living close to mountains | California mountains are quite tall and elevation drops rapidly as water drains to Pacific Ocean | When protective vegetation is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion | Heat from fires makes it harder for water to infiltrate top soil layer | Ash clogs soil | Oily substances may hamper ground ability to absorb water | Water flowing downhill picks up rocks and debris | Landslides can come with no warning

#Right-of-Entry (ROE) form

#Federal Workers | Operate excavators | Pull large objects | Mangle metal from building foundations | Tossing debris into freight containers | Crews wearing hazmat suits | Shovel mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags

#Los Angeles Police DepartmentVisits households in the highest-risk areas | Issues specific evacuation orders

#High-risk areas in the PalisadesGetty Villa area | Highlands neighborhood | Bienveneda area near Temescal Canyon Park | Reseda Boulevard | Marinette Road area near Will Rogers State Park | Mandeville Canyon above Tanners Road | Burned portions of Topanga and Malibu

#Economic loss due to wildfires | $250 billion economic loss in LA area | $4.6 billion this year countywise | 16,000 structures burned | $1 million each residential property rebuild | $3 million valued homes in Pacific Palisades | 1,900 small businesses within fire burn zones | 11,400 jobs by small businesses

#Winners of SoCAL wildfires | Architects | California film | California TV | Construction companies | Contractors | Demand for workers, materials (steel, wood, concrete, glass,paint) | Fireproofing service providers | Fire shutter installers | Hotels | Insurance companies | Noncombustible material providers | Opportunity to rebuild from the ground up | Real estate industry | Relaxing environmental and regulatory obstacles | Sub-contractors

#L.A. County statistics | Residents: 10 million | Budget: $49 billion | Federal funding: 5.3 billion | CalWORKS: $2 billion federal funding | Department of Children and Family Services: $604.5 million federal funding | LA County respond to SoCAL wild fires,may impact other LA County programs without reimbursement from federal funding

#Beach Sprint Rowing | Beach Sprint Rowing in the 2028 Olympic Games programme | World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Barletta, Italy | 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar | Embracing beach culture | Attribution process for the World Rowing Coastal Championships & Beach Sprint Finals in 2025, 2026 and 2027 – which will be the first qualification opportunity for the LA28 Olympic Games

#A-list celebrity home protector | Burglaries targeting high-end items | Burglary report on Lime Orchard Road | Burglar had smashed glass door of residence | Ransacked home and fled | Couple were not home at the time | Unknown whether any items were taken | Lime Orchard Road is within Hidden Valley gated community of Los Angeles in Beverly Hills | Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lawrence, Adele and Katy Perry have purchased homes there, in addition to Kidman and Urban | Kidman and Urban bought their home for $4.7 million in 2008 | 4,100-square-foot, five-bedroom home built in 1965 and sits on 1¼-acre lot | Property large windows have views of the canyons | Theirs is one of several celebrity properties burglarized in Los Angeles and across country recently | Connected to South American organized-theft rings

#Professional athlete home protector | South American crime rings | Targeting wealthy Southern California neighborhoods for sophisticated home burglaries | Behind burglaries at homes of professional athletes and celebrities | Theft groups conduct extensive research before plotting burglaries | Monitoring target whereabouts and weekly routines via social media | Tracking travel and schedules | Conducting physical surveillance at homes | Attacks staged while targets and their families are away | Robbers aware of where valuables are stored in homes prior to staging break-ins | Burglaries conducted in short amount of time | Bypass alarm systems | Use Wi-Fi jammers to block Wi-Fi connections | Disable devices | Cover security cameras | Obfuscate identities

#LA Mayer Bass implemented measures to expedite SoCAL recovery | Emergency executive directive: streamlining building permits, bypasses state environmental review, allows for rebuilding without additional city approvals | LA One-Stop Rebuilding Center: Provide centralized resources for affected residents | Opt-Out permit for property owners to hire private contractors for debris removal while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations

#Steps in SoCAL rebuilding process | Phase 1: Damaged or destroyed property must pass household hazardous debris inspection and clearance by EPA | Phase 2 Option 1: Free cleanup by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Phase 2 Option 2: Pay a specialized, approved contractor to remove remaining fire debris, following all necessary requirements, rules and regulations

#Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) | Reopening with restrictions | Residents, Essential businesses, School buses regain access to PCH | Lane reductions | Speed limits | Checkpoint requirements | Access passes required | Individuals picking up passes must provide identification, such as a driver license, utility bill, tax document, or pay stub, verifying their residence or business location | Each household member should have a pass, which must be displayed on the vehicle dashboard when traveling along PCH | Contractors are only eligible for access passes if they are performing assessments, evaluations, security services, or work inside standing structures, including cleaning and remediation | Residents requiring tow or moving services must accompany the service provider through checkpoints | PCH remaining active recovery zone for wildfire and storm-related debris removal | The right lane in each direction remains closed to allow safe access for utility workers and contractors

#Water Warning for Santa Monica Beaches: Due to elevated bacteria levels. residents and visitors adviced to avoid swimming, surfing, water activities

#Bacterial levels exceeded California state safety standards on SoCAL shoreline due to fire-related contamination posing potential health risks

#Wildfires scorched SoCAL coastal communities near LA have sent ash, heavy metals and hazardous debris into the Pacific Ocean

#Toxic ash and chemical residues from burned homes, vehicles and infrastructure polluted Pacific Ocean

#Waves during high tide lapped onto seaside charred homes, pulling debris and toxic ash into Pacific Ocean as waves receded

#Ash and debris discovered in Pacific Ocean 25 miles south of Pacific Palisades burn area

#Ash and debris from SoCAL fires detected up to 100 miles offshore, carried by strong winds

#Toxic ash ftom SoCAL wildfires polluting Pacific Ocean consists of pesticides, asbestos, plastics, lead, heavy metals

#Debris from SoCAL urban fires polluting Pacific Ocean and affecting marine ecosystems contain Heavy Metals: Lead, Arsenic, Mercury from burnt structures and vehicles

#Debris from SoCAL urban fires polluting Pacific Ocean and affecting marine ecosystems contain Asbestos: from buildings and construction materials

#Debris from SoCAL urban fires polluting Pacific Ocean and affecting marine ecosystems contain Plastics burned microplastics, harmful chemicals

#Debris from SoCAL urban fires polluting Pacific Ocean and affecting marine ecosystems contain Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): formed during combustion of organic materials

#Debris from SoCAL urban fires polluting Pacific Ocean and affecting marine ecosystems containPolychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): from burnt electrical equipment and old building materials

#Pacific Ocean polluted from SoCAL fires Contaminants polluting Pacific Ocean posing significant risks to marine life and to human health through food chain

#Economic losses due to SoCAL firestorms: Total economic loss: > $250 billion | Real estate losses: $30 billion | Structures destroyed: 16,251 | Fires tore: 37,400 acres

#Gov Gavin Newsom asking Congress| Additional $39.7 billion | Debris cleanup: $5 billion | Grants to fire victims: $9.9 billion | Small Business Administration: $5.29 billion | Grants for local governments: $4.32 billion | Low-income housing tax credits: $2 billion

#Gov. Gavin Newsom also asking Congress | $432 million to rebuild and repair water infrastructure | $350 million for wildfire resilience efforts on federal lands | $101 million for transportation infrastructure | $36 million for low-income home energy assistance | $51 million for loss of jobs and displaced workers | $13 million in community service block grant funding | $5 million for brownfield cleanup | $2.5 million for vulnerable children and foster youth | $2 million for air quality monitoring

#Gov. Gavin Newsom asking Congress to raise SBA home disaster loan limit for home reconstruction from $500,000 to $2 million

#Economic losses from SoCAL wildfires | Real estate losses : > $30 billion | Palisades properties: 56% affected | Commercial buildings: > 300 lost | Households displaced: ~ 13,000 | Rent-controlled units: 770 in Palisades | Median home in Palisades : $3.7 million | Palisades homes: > $10 million among those lost | Total economic impact: $272 billion

#Small Business Relief Fund | Cash assistance grants up to $25,000 for | Structural loss | Structural damage | Equipment loss | Inventory loss | Revenue loss | because of the disaster

#Worker Relief Fund | Cash assistance grants up to $2,000 to workers who lost employment or income because of the disaster

#LA County Household Relief Grant | Bridging financial gaps and promoting general welfare of affected households until insurance or government recovery resources become available

#LA County Department of Public Social Services | Help to those currently receiving CalFresh benefits and have experienced a loss of food due to the fire emergency and power outages

#Government Run Debris Removal Program

#Fire Debris Removal Permit | For property owners hiring private contractors for fire debris removal | Allows home and business owners and their authorized private contractors to manage their own debris removal efforts while ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal safety and environmental standards

#1,350 fire hydrants requiring repairs

#LADWP rely on LAFD to conduct annual inspections of LA 66,000 fire hydrants

#CA Gov Legal actions are aimed to fast-track | Vegetation and tree removal |Creation of fuel breaks | Quicker approval for more and bigger planned fires for forest management

#Oscar winnerwho lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Mel Gibson (Mad Max, Lethal Weapon,cBraveheart, The Passion of the Christ) | Jeff Bridges (The Last Picture Show, King Kong, Tron, The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart) | Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, The Father, Nixon, Thor)

#Celebrity, who lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Paris Hilton (Great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, Paris Hilton Entertainment) | Billy Crystal (Saturday Night Live) | Adam Brody (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) | Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us) | Anna Faris (Scary Movie) | Eugene Levy (American Pie) | Spencer Pratt (Reality TV) | Ricki Lake (Masked Singer)

#Oscar jury member who lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick)

#Screen writer who lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Peter Iliff

#Film director who lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Tracy Droz Tragos (Rebuilding Paradise)

#Storyboard artistwho lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Renee Faundo (South Park)

#Composer who lost home in Pacific Palisades wildfires | Larry Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg son) | Starr Parodi (Carole King) | Greg Wells (Wicked)

#Oscars host Conan OBrien | 97th Academy Awards | Pacific Palisades home still standing | Got a phone call from wife saying, well, there is some smoke | He did not think much of it at first | He and his family have been through it before | Monitoring nearby wildfire smoke is part of life in the fire-prone region | His family was put under mandatory evacuation and checked into hotel | His house was among those in Palisades that did not burn down | His family will not be back in there for a long time aftee Oscars

#97th Academy Awards | Firefighters who battled Pacific Palisades and Eaton Fires were honored on stage | Oscar ceremony, hosted by Conan OBrien, paused to recognize the bravery of 12 firefighters who received standing ovation from star-studded audience at Dolby Theater | Tribute to LA firefighters included heartfelt thanks and humor firefighters reading jokes such as by Capt. Jodi Slicker: it is great to be back with Conan. Usually when he calls, he is stuck in tree | Conan OBrien highlighted devastating destruction of SoCAL wildfires that struck Pacific Palisades and Altadena:Even in the face of terrible wildfires and divisive politics, the work continues, indicating that Oscars is symbol of resilience and strengt

#Federally funded Private Property Debris Removal (PPDR) Program | Tree Waiver Option | Hazardous tree removal waiver | Retaining trees identified by professional arborist to be hazardous | Trees fallen within ash footprint removed as part of debris clearance efforts | Local permitting agency determines rebuild requirements | Property owner assumes responsibility for future hazards caused by trees they choose to keep

#Unified Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) access pass | Palisades and Malibu residents in burn areas | Eligible essential businesses | School buses

#Rebuild with redesign | Destroyed gas station rebuilt into an eight-story apartment building | 770 rent-controlled apartments loss turning to a rare source of affordability in Pacific Palisades with median home price $3.7 million before wild fires | Destroyed Shell gas station turned into an eight-story, 100-unit apartment building including units for low-income residents | Redeveloping the site fast-tracked by developer following the fire | Pacific Palisades area reshaping with increased density and low-income residents | Rezoning SoCAL area for apartments started | Increased density expected due rebuilding with redesign | Property values to decline in Pacific Palisades due to rebuilding with redesign to multi-story >100 apartment building for low-income residents

#Like-for-like rebuild | Rebuilding house of same size, location, and purpose as original structure that was damaged or destroyed by wildfire | Expedited permitting processes in Los Angeles County | Allowing slight modifications as long as they do not increase size, height, or footprint by more than 10%

#Fire debris removal permit

#Private Property Debris Removal program

#Asbestos-containing material

#Automotive oils

#Solvents

#Paint cans

#Propane tanks

#Vehicle batteries

#Heavy equipment

#Demolition | Heavy equipment | Explosive implosion

#Stabilizing terrain

#Clearing hazardous materials obstructing safe entry

#Removing structurally unstable debris to prevent collapse risks

#Stabilizing conditions and ensuring safe access

#Hydromulch application

#Household Hazardous Materials (HHM) Removal Operations

#12. Escrow provides a safeguard, ensuring that transactions proceed smoothly and securely by preventing premature transfer of assets23. Once all conditions are satisfied, the escrow agent releases the held items to the appropriate | Situation where property is held by a neutral third party until specific conditions of an agreement between two parties are met | Arrangement commonly used in real estate transactions | Ensures that both buyers and sellers fulfill their obligations before the transfer of ownership occurs

#Home sales | Remain stagnant | Land values have held firm, against expectations of 30-50% drop | Listed: 18 lease properties, 5 condos, 22 homes, 36 land parcels, most fire-damaged lots, 6 of these land parcels in escrow, 10 buyers for every available property

#Home in the Huntington neighborhood at 611 Ocampo Drive | Received six to eight offers | Entered escrow at $4.25 million | Only a 10% decline from its pre-fire valuation of $4.6 to $4.7 million | Huntington continues to be the most in-demand area in the Palisades

#Home sales prediction | 10-15% of fire-damaged homes | ca 600 to 1,000 properties to hit the market

#Rebuilding process | Expected to take 5-7 five years, based on data from previous California wildfires, such as Woolsey and Paradise fires

#Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) | Secondary residential unit located on the same lot as primary single-family home | Self-contained | Featuring essential facilities like kitchen, bathroom, sleeping area | Can be attached to, within, or detached from the main residence

#Reseach aftemath Palisades wildfires | Analyzing soil and water samples from private properties, including yards, gardens, and pools | Conduct environmental testing in SoCAL affected areas | Pacific Palisades homeowners near fires have opportunity to test their soil and water for potential wildfire-related pollutants at no cost | Agggregated, de-identified data will be mapped by neighborhood and made publicly available to track contamination trends | Researchers collect subsurface soil and water samples from selected properties

#Scientific diver

#Kelp forest | Fast-growing brown algae | Provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine species | Absorb greenhouse gases | Highly sensitive to changes in their environment | Show how coastal ecosystems respond to L.A. fires | Vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem | Highly sensitive to environmental changes

#Local Material Production | Proposals for dedicated concrete plant and lumber yard within Palisades to reduce costs, shorten construction timelines, and eliminate supply-chain bottlenecks

#Workforce Housing and Staging | Temporary dwellings for construction workers at various cleared sites, including school campuses and vacant commercial lots | To reduce commute times | Speed up rebuilding

#Split-Zone Traffic Management | A North-South strategy for materials distribution | Reducing cross-community congestion | Streamlining deliveries

#Public Space Compound | Centralized recovery hub | Offering permit stations, contractor liaisons, community dining areas | Hull for builders

#Sustainability and Resilience Integration of fire-resistant materials | Early insurance coordination | Collaboration with institutions like UCLA and RAND | Guiding long-term infrastructure improvements

#Digital Coordination Tools | Mobile app to track deliveries | Manage job sites | Provide real-time updates to residents and builders

#Security Measures | Plans for enhanced neighborhood security | License plate readers | Private patrols | Camera checkpoints

#Curly birch tree | Trunk covered by distinctive bumps and ridges that conceal wood with marble- or burl like pattern | Curly birch wood is dense and very heavy | Beautiful, rare wood is highly valued in interior decoration of furniture manufacturing

#Construction machinesHydraulic excavators | Wheel loaders | Dozers | Loaders | Articulated dump trucks | Telescopic loaders | Pipelayers

#Deep foundation engineering | Piling equipment | Drilling equipment | Vibrators | Hammers | Slurry wall cutters | Construction of cast-in-place piles and slurry walls | Installation of sheet piles | Soil improvement

#Concrete technology | Truck mixers | Mixing plants | Concrete pumps | Conveyor belts for truck mixers | Plant control systems | Transportation and installation of concrete

#Tower cranes | Mobile construction cranes | Manoeuvrable taxi cranes

#Mobile cranes | Enormous mobility on any terrain | Five steering programs make manoeuvring cranes easy | Driver cab | Crane cab | Liebherr Computed Control computer system | Software and hardware for control system in-house developed | Crane remote control | Computer program for planning, simulating and documenting crane jobs | Search for the most suitable crane | Calculate maximum support forces and wind speeds

#Liebherr Connect | Enables digital networking for your machines | Remote Service tool | Supervising assembly of mobile harbour crane in different country

#Remote Service App | Maritime cranes | Crawler cranes | Rope excavators | Specialized deep foundation equipment | Audio- and video calls | Chat feature | Screen sharing | Image and document exchange | Whiteboard features

#DIY tests in SoCAL house after wild fires | Home suffered smoke damage | Hygienic testing in house | Concentrations of lead examined | Looking for cyanide in drywall

#SoCAL firerstorms figures | 16,000 structures destroyed | $7,000 paid to board up home and do hygienic testing | $102,000 contractor estimation to thoroughly clean house | 13,000 insurance claims | $4.2 billion insurance paid out as of June 30 | $7.6 billion estimated to settle fire claims | 22% emergency rate hike for homeowners policies applied | 17% emergency rate hike for homeowners policies approved by CA gov |30% increase for homeowners insurance policies estimated | 250,000 residential policyholders of State Farm in Los Angeles County | 1,100 residential policyholders of State Farm in Pacific Palisades | $7.6-billion financial exposure estimate by State Farm | $2.4 billion financial exposure estimate by Allstate

#Advance technology to fight wildfires in SoCAL | Satellite dishes | Autonomous helicoptersDrones | AI-powered cameras | Augmented reality helmets allowing firefighters to create 3-D image of burning building in real time including mapping exits, locating people in need of assistance and alerting crews ahead of a smoke explosion or structure collapse with time to spare | Smart fire trucks outfitted with sensors, cameras and radars | Smart nozzles to monitor the flow of their hoses and alert in advance of water supply issues | Intelligent fabrics allowing commanders to monitor firefighter heart rates and other physiology metrics to spot a crew member in distress | AI-powered rigs | Utility grids detecting ignition sources instantly | Houses dousing themselves in fire retardant or gel ahead of advancing flames | Personal response aircraft | Thermal imaging device | AI to track fire crews as they move through an environment using head-mounted displays or mobile devices, collecting data to guide them through flames and monitor for danger | Finding water | Empty reservoir | Mobile pumps, pipes and tanks | Sending autonomous aircraft in when it is too dangerous for humans to fly | Pre-positioned autonomous resources

#Luxury real estate market | Continued demand for ultra-luxury housing in Los Angeles | Six bedrooms | Ten bathrooms spread across three levels | High-end finishes: oak paneling, custom cabinetry, sculptural marble | Home theater | Gym | Sauna | Steam shower | Wine tasting room | Private guest suite | Elevator connecting all three floors | Backyard: developed with resort-style amenities in mind — pool, spa, outdoor kitchen, dining areas framed by olive trees and privacy hedges | Properties exceeding $20 million remain active segment

#Foreign investor | Eight lots on La Costa Beach | One lot on Carbon Beach (Billionaires Beach) | Over $65 million | Aiming to rebuild luxury homes on the iconic coastline ravaged by January 2025 wildfires | Investor team includes architects and expediters | 90 feet wide lot purchased for $13.8 million | 80-foot lot with pre-existing in-ground pool for $12.8 million | 63 to 40 feet in width lots designed to support homes valued at $25 million or more upon completion | Wildfires destroyed 720 structures in Malibu | Estimated $100 million total investment in land | Intentions to make Malibu great again

#Final Debris Removal | Completed in Palisades | Marking End of Months-Long Cleanup | Effort, led by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under FEMA direction | Cleared over 1 million tons of hazardous material from 4,010 properties | Cal OES | County of Los Angeles | City of Los Angeles | Federal government allocated more than $2.1 billion for mission | Soil testing | Liability protections for residents to facilitate rebuilding

#Air quality research | Elevated levels of toxic hexavalent chromium and silver nanoparticles in Pacific Palisades | Hexavalent chromium at average of 13.7 nanograms per cubic meter found in air samples taken | Chromium-6 is toxic metal, a known carcinogen and linked to asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer | Silver nanoparticles av 1.6 grams per cubic meter also detected, with over 90% in particles smaller than 1/1000th human hair width | Nanoparticles can cross cell membranes and circulate throughout body

#Pacific Palisades Fire cause revealed no closure | Fire crews thought they had extinguished the blaze, called the Lachman fire, on the 1st of Jan 2025 | In fact, it was still smoldering | Winds on Jan. 7 brought it back to life

#LA firefighters lacked resources during the initial Palisades fire battle | Worked more than 36 hours without rest | Top fire officials failed to pre-deploy engines to Pacific Palisades in advance of the devastating Jan. 7 fire | Firefighters were hampered by an ineffective process for recalling them back to work | Poor communication | Inexperienced leadership | Lack of resources | Fire officials did not pre-deploy any engines to the Palisades before the flames erupted, despite warnings about extreme weather | Fire officials did not require firefighters to stay for an additional shift | In preparing for winds, officials chose to staff up only five of more than 40 engines available to supplement regular firefighting force | Firefighters who voluntarily returned could staff only three engines

#Bible burned by Man charged causing Palisades fire | ChatGPT messages found from Man charged causing Palisades fire | Chilling details of the case against Man charged starting Palisades Fire | Near midnight 2025 New Year Eve Uber driver charged causing Palisades fire played on his iPhone | Song classified both mournful and cocky | Man charged starting Palisades Fire had been listening to song on repeat | Uber driver charged starting Palisades Fire had just finished delivering two riders to their destinations in and around Pacific Palisades | Passengers told investigators that Uber driver charged starting Palisades Fire had seemed agitated and angry | Man charged causing Palisades fire tried messaging a friend but did not get through | Then Man charged causing Palisades fire hiked to trailhead toward Topanga State Park | In accompanying video, the rap artist set cigarettes, joints, money and barrels of debris ablaze | Man charged causing Palisades fire used a lighter to intentionally ignite bone-dry brush | Flames spread wildly and raced toward homes while Man charged causing Palisades fire watched | Man charged causing Palisades fire asked from ChatGPT [Are you at fault if a fire is litvbecause of your cigarettes] | New Year Day fire was quickly doused by LA Fire Department | Fire continued burning unseen and undetected in root systems underground | Fire rekindled on Jan. 7 and grew into Palisades Fire | Palisades fire killed 12 | Palisades fire layed waste to the affluent Los Angeles community | Thousands of people fled Palisades fire flames | Man charged causing Palisades fire has confided that he had burned a Bible | In ChatGPT Man charged causing Palisades fire wrote [I literally burnt the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt so liberated] | Man charged causing Palisades fire attempted to cover his tracks | In ChatGPT exchange on July 11, 2024, Man charged causing Palisades fire typed instructions: [dystopian painting divided into distinct parts that blend together seamlessly] | In ChatGPT Man charged causing Palisades fire elaborated: [On the far left, there is a burning forest. Next to it, a crowd of people is running away from the fire, leading to the middle. In the middle, hundreds of thousands of people in poverty are trying to get past a gigantic gate with a big dollar sign on it] | In ChatGPT Man charged causing Palisades fire wanted [a conglomerate of the richest people, on the other side of the gate] | in ChatGPT Man charged causing Palisades fire described [They are chilling, watching the world burn down, and watching the people struggle] | Man charged causing Palisades fire wrote in ChatGPT [They are laughing, enjoying themselves, and dancing]

#Thermal imaging to check for hotspots-in lachman fire | Los Angeles firefighters did not use thermal imaging to confirm that a Jan. 1 fire was extinguished | Thermal imaging is standard protocol to prevent fires from rekindling | Fire was 8-acre size - area to pinpoint using thermal image devices | Some chaparral in the city extends 15 to 25 feet underground | The depth of the fire department cameras is only a foot | LA Fire Department officials - under scrutiny for their failure to pre-deploy engines in advance of Palisades fire - are facing questions about why they did not fully extinguish Jan. 1 fire before hurricane-force winds fanned an ember buried within the roots of dense vegetation on Jan. 7 | Palisades fire killed 12 people, charred 23,400 acres and leveled more than 6,800 structures, including many homes.| Federal prosecutors charging 29-year-old Uber driver with intentionally setting Jan. 1 fire, called the Lachman fire | Lachman fire defined as holdover fire — fire that remains dormant for a considerable time

#LAFD report October 2025Hydrants ran dry | Water tanker trucks faced delays | Water tanker could not get escort vehicles during Palisades fire | LAFD did not pre-position resources despite extreme weather warnings | Santa Ynez Reservoir was empty when the fire erupted | Fire hydrants ran dry in the first hours of Palisades fire | Firefighters faced confusion and costly delays in getting vital water trucks into the area | When tender trucks finally arrived, the fire was so intense they needed escorts to get to the front lines | Engineers were needed to shuttle water from further locations, further delaying suppression efforts | Some hydrants ran dry in high-elevation areas | 117-million gallon Santa Ynez Reservior was empty undergoing repairs | Water pressure from hydrants fell as fire burned | Multiple firefighting divisions requested water tenders | Delays in asking for city Emergency Management Department’s support getting trucks | City water tanker trucks dispatched not operated by emergency personnel needing firefighting escorts to drive safely into fire zone | LAFD officials did not deploy any engines to Palisades before flames erupted, despite warnings that extreme weather was coming | Fire officials did not require firefighters to stay for an additional shift | Lachman fire continued to smolder for days underground before being released amid hurricane-force winds, becoming Palisades fire | Southern California urban water systems are designed to fight house fires, not wildfires | Westgate Trunk Line.got high demand as firefighters used water and residents left sprinklers and hoses running | DWP facing lawsuits filed by hundreds of homeowners arguing utility failed to prepare for and respond to fires | DWP defending that no urban water system is designed to combat a massive, wind-driven wildfire of the speed and scale of the Palisades fire | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, working with DWP recommended burying power lines underground so they can not spark fires, building backup reservoirs or laying new lines to draw water from Pacific Ocean

#California coastal sage and chaparral | Terrestrial ecoregion of southwestern Oregon, northern, central, and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico) | Located on the west coast of North America | Ecoregion of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, and part of the Nearctic realm | Chaparral, like most Mediterranean shrublands, is highly fire resilient | Historically burned with high-severity, stand replacing events every 30 to 100 years | Native Americans burned chaparral to promote grasslands for textiles and food | Though adapted to infrequent fires, chaparral plant communities can be exterminated by frequent fires especially with climate change induced drought | Frequent accidental ignitions can convert chaparral from a native shrubland to nonnative annual grassland and drastically reduce species diversity, especially under global-change-type drought | Historical fire return interval for chaparral communities used to be 30–50 years, now decreased to 5–10 years due to human interference

#Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department | Jaime Moore | To better prepare L.A. for major emergencies and upcoming world events | To improve responses to 911 calls citywide | The first Spanish-speaking fire chief in the department history | Oversaw more than 1,000 firefighters and civilian personnel across 39 stations in the Valley | Led Arson and Counter Terrorism Section | Played key operational role in 2018 Getty Fire | Professionalized FireStat LA, a data-driven management system | Federal Emergency Management Agency honored him with U.S. Fire Administration Outstanding Research Award

#Official La28 Liicensees | Support LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games

#Emergency Executive Order 10 | Expands rebuilding measures to include commercial and mixed-use properties | Commercial projects that comply with Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan will now be reviewed administratively | Business and property owners with existing land-use entitlements will receive a five-year extension if their permits were valid as of Jan. 7, 2025 | Licensed architects can sign off on certain interior renovations without waiting for a city plan check | Allowing civil and geotechnical engineers to self-certify soil compaction and subgrade work | It keeps full public and environmental reviews in place for projects that would expand residential density or depart from existing zoning | Properties in the Coastal Zone must still comply with state Coastal Act regulations | 300 homes have begun construction | City has received nearly 2,000 plan check applications for damaged properties

#Rebuild service providers | Insurance adjusters | Structural engineers | Architects | General contractors | Plan and permit expediters | Remediators | Public agencies | Fire-hardening suppliers | Mental health specialists

#Route66 |Santa Monica Travel & Tourism launched the Route 66 Song Contest | The Mother Road | Ends at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard | Commemorative marker on the Santa Monica Pier marks the terminus | Drive Home: a cross-country road trip organized by America Automotive Trust | Journey departs Jan. 3, 2026, and ends with exhibition at Detroit Auto Show | Begin or end Route 66 journey in urban beach city

#Rain storm risks | Floods | Debris flows | Mudslides, especially in the burn area | Mandeville Canyon and all of Palisades under evacuation warnings | Numerous high-risk homes evacuated | Topanga Canyon Boulevard closed until conditions improve | Avoid driving PCH and our canyon roads until storm is over

#Utilities upgrade request | Burying power lines whenever possible | Deploying mitigation strategies to prevent ignition from equipment failures

#Water system upgrade request | Upgrading water systems to meet modern fire flow requirements | Ensuring there are enough fire hydrants in all areas

#Communications upgrade request | Promoting communication infrastructure that allows first responders and residents to stay connected even when cell towers or fiber lines fail

#Financial Support upgrade request | Creating a comprehensive catalog of financial support programs and organizations available to help with rebuilding efforts

#Permitting upgrade request | Establishing teams of dedicated staff at triage centers to quickly guide fire-affected communities through permitting processes