TPR shares this excerpt from LA County Wildfire Emergency Morning and Evening Briefings on the ongoing emergency operations underway to protect life, contain fire, restore utilities, and supply water and other essential services to impacted communities across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles City Council backed a motion to ask the City Planning Director to reconsider a prior decision to allow a proposed 58-room luxury Bulgari Hotel in the Santa Monica Mountains.
TPR caught up with Santa Monica Mountain’s Conservancy Executive Director, Joe Edmiston, to elaborate on how the influx of federal and state infrastructure investments will impact Southern California conservation and open space projects.
TPR interviewed Angela Barranco, undersecretary at the California Natural Resources Agency to share how California, and especially Los Angeles, is leveraging resources to maximize state and federal investments in local climate resilience and multi-benefit infrastructure.
OPR Director & SGC Chair Kate Gordon emphasizes the accountability included in SGC's recently adopted Racial Equity Resolution and the continuing need for robust stakeholder engagement in planning to avoid one-size-fits-none solutions.
CPUC Commissioner Carla Peterman highlights the wildfire commission's findings and discusses regulatory solutions that balance the competing concerns of wildfire victims, ratepayers, and electric utilities.
