• CD11 Palisades Recovery Updates — AECOM Reports Hub  —  Primary access point for all three AECOM reports (Public Infrastructure, Logistics/Traffic, Wildfire Resilience) plus ongoing CD11 updates.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | N&CR]

• Rebuild and Return: City of L.A. Palisades Fire Recovery‍ ‍Infrastructure, Wildfire Resilience, Logistics & Traffic Management [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• ULI Project Recovery: Rebuilding Los Angeles After the January 2025 Wildfires  —  Comprehensive ~100-expert roadmap from ULI, UCLA & USC. A living document continuously updated. First reading for any ATF member.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | HOUS | ECON]

• McKinsey: How Los Angeles Can Accelerate Recovery After the 2025 Wildfires  —  Actionable recommendations on permitting, workforce, and resilience. Concise and well-structured for briefing purposes.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | ECON]

• LA County Recovers — Official Recovery Hub  —  Authoritative county portal for all recovery programmes, rebuilding guidance, and survivor resources.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | INFR]

• LA City Emergency Management — 2025 Wildfire Recovery  —  City of LA's central recovery resource: permits, repopulation, and programme information.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• Governor Newsom: One Year After — All-of-Government Update (Jan 2026)  —  State-level overview of recovery progress, funding commitments, and programme status at the one-year mark.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | HOUS]

• Governor Newsom: 6-Month Blueprint for Rebuilding (July 2025)  —  The formal state rebuilding blueprint, including executive orders streamlining CEQA and Coastal Act review.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | HOUS]

• Engaged California — LA Fires Recovery Action Plan  —  State's coordinated recovery action plan showing alignment across agencies — useful for understanding intergovernmental commitments.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• LARCRO — LA Region Community Recovery Organisation  —  Overview of the regional recovery coordination architecture and how community organisations fit within it.  [RSF: CPCB]

• After the Fire USA — LA Fires Resources  —  Curated by the national expert organisation for community wildfire recovery. Essential for understanding the 5–10 year recovery arc.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS]

• Berkeley Law: A Cost-Effective, Fast & Sustainable Fire Recovery in LA (April 2025)  —  Independent legal and policy analysis with specific regulatory and financial recommendations. Widely cited in Sacramento.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | HOUS | ECON]

• LAEDC: Impact of 2025 LA Wildfires & Comparative Study  —  Comprehensive economic impact analysis: $250B+ in projected damages, 47,000 workers affected, 6,800+ businesses impacted.  [RSF: ECON | INFR]

• WildfireLA: From Recovery to Resilience — Palisades Needs Assessment (Feb 2026)  —  Community-generated needs assessment identifying Palisades-specific recovery gaps across all six RSF areas.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS | HOUS]

• Enterprise Community Partners: LA Wildfires One Year Later  —  One-year assessment covering housing, equity, and community recovery challenges — includes policy recommendations.  [RSF: HOUS | ECON | CPCB]

• CalMatters: Where We Are — Rebuild Permitting & Progress  —  Data-driven journalism tracking permit issuance speed, construction completions, and remaining bottlenecks.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | HOUS]

• Carnegie Endowment: The CA Fires Could Upend the US Disaster Recovery System  —  National and international context for the Palisades recovery — useful for federal advocacy framing.  [RSF: CPCB | ECON]

• Governing.com: Past Failures Shadow LA's Wildfire Recovery Plans  —  Critical analysis of governance failures in the LA recovery process — essential reading for understanding advocacy pressure points.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• Milken Institute: Rebuilding from the Bottom Up — LA Fires One Year Later  —  Policy-focused one-year assessment covering economic recovery, housing, and infrastructure from a financial markets perspective.  [RSF: ECON | HOUS | INFR]

The following bills are central to Palisades recovery as of March 2026. Bills marked ACTIVE are moving through the California legislature and require community support. Each entry notes the primary FEMA RSF(s) the bill affects.

In May 2026, at the request of Sen. Allen, PPCC took positions in support of several bills; see Letter Supporting Mobilehome Park Bills (SB 1092 & 1093); Letter Supporting SB 1301; Letter Supporting SB 876; and Letter Supporting AB 1642. In addition, on the recommendation of the Standing Homes and Advocacy ATFs, PPCC took action to oppose AB 1795 unless amended: Letter Opposing AB 1795. On June 15th, PPCC issued a Letter re: Funding Needs.

ACTIVE: 2026 California Insurance Reform Bills

SB 1076 is the #1 bill the insurance industry is currently targeting to defeat. These four bills are the most significant proposed changes to California insurance law in a generation. They must pass the Senate Insurance Committee before reaching the floor. Contact the committee now: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov | Sign the petition: fixinsurance.org

• SB 1076 (Pérez): Guaranteed Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes Act
  Requires insurers to offer and renew coverage for homes meeting fire-safe standards. Prohibits refusal effective January 2028. Includes 5-year market bar for non-compliant insurers.  [RSF: ECON | N&CR]

• SB 1301 (Allen): Nonrenewal Guardrails to Preserve Coverage Act
  6 months advance notice required for non-renewals; documented reasons; prohibits non-renewal for merely inquiring about a claim.  [RSF: ECON]

• SB 877 (Pérez): Fair Claims Practices and Transparency Act
  Requires insurers to disclose all original loss estimates and revisions so homeowners can see how their payout was calculated and challenge underpayments.  [RSF: ECON]

• SB 878 (Pérez): Insurance Payment Accountability Act
  20% interest penalty for delayed payments; eliminates insurer incentive to stay silent on portions of a claim. Cosponsored by Consumer Watchdog and EFSN.  [RSF: ECON]

• AB 238 (Harabedian): Mortgage Forbearance for Fire Survivors
  Requires mortgage servicers to offer up to 12 months forbearance for borrowers facing hardship from the January 2025 LA wildfires.  [RSF: HOUS | ECON]

• SB 254: Wildfire Fund / Utility Shareholder Study
  Study underway on how financial burden from wildfire disasters should be shared between utility shareholders and survivors. State report due April 2026.  [RSF: ECON | INFR]

ACTIVE: 2026 Land Use & Housing

• AB 462 (Lowenthal): ADU Streamlining in Coastal Zone
  Streamlines coastal permits for ADUs; allows ADU occupancy certificate before primary dwelling rebuilt in disaster zones. 60-day decision requirement.  [RSF: HOUS | INFR]

• AB 818 (Ávila Farías): Accelerated Local Permitting for Disaster Rebuilding
  Allows manufactured homes, modular homes, or ADUs on private lots during reconstruction; local governments must act within 10 business days.  [RSF: HOUS | INFR]

• SB 676 (Limón): Expedited CEQA Review for Post-Wildfire Projects
  Establishes expedited administrative and judicial CEQA review for wildfire-damaged property projects. Effective January 2027.  [RSF: INFR | HOUS | N&CR]

ENACTED: Executive Orders & Legislation

• Governor EO N-4-25 (Jan 2025): CEQA & Coastal Act Suspension for Like-for-Like Rebuilds
  Suspends CEQA and Coastal Act requirements for structures rebuilt at same location, same use, within 110% footprint/height.  [RSF: INFR | HOUS | N&CR]

• Governor Streamlining EO (July 2025): Blueprint for Rebuilding
  Further streamlining of environmental review and permitting. The 6-month rebuild blueprint.  [RSF: INFR | HOUS]

• CA Insurance Consumer Protections (Jan 1, 2025): Commissioner Lara's Enacted Package
  Multiple new consumer protections effective January 2025 — non-renewal protections, claims assistance requirements.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• FEMA DR-4856-CA: Federal Major Disaster Declaration — LA Wildfires
  Federal declaration unlocking Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Grant funds.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | H&SS]

• White House Presidential Action (Jan 2026): Addressing LA Wildfire Rebuild Failures
  Federal executive action directing agencies to address perceived delays in LA recovery. Important context for federal funding negotiations.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

Advocacy ensures Palisades community interests are understood and acted upon across city, county, state, and federal systems. Without sustained, organized advocacy, community needs are displaced by institutional inertia, insurance industry lobbying, and the competing priorities of an enormous metropolitan government. The good news: Palisades and Altadena survivors have demonstrated extraordinary organising capacity in the 14 months since the fires, and that momentum is influencing Sacramento in ways that were not possible before. Year Two is when that momentum either consolidates into policy change or fades.

The most consequential current advocacy arena is state insurance reform. Four bills — SB 1076, SB 1301, SB 877, and SB 878 — are described by fire survivors as the most significant proposed changes to California insurance law in a generation, and are under sustained attack from the insurance industry. SB 1076 alone has been identified as the number-one bill the insurance industry is targeting to defeat. AB 238 (mortgage forbearance) and SB 254 (wildfire fund / utility accountability) are also live. At the federal level, CDBG-DR funding allocation is a primary advocacy target — how those dollars are prioritized will shape community recovery for a decade.

Effective advocacy requires connecting community experience to specific policy outcomes with named legislators, specific bill numbers, and clear asks. After the Fire USA has deployed this model across dozens of fire communities nationally. The Department of Angels and Eaton Fire Survivors Network are the closest regional partners. The Advocacy ATF should operate a legislative tracker updated weekly, maintain relationships with key legislative staff, and develop a rapid-mobilization system for committee hearing weeks.

PPCC Letter/Position

• Letter re: Funding Needs—(June 15, 2026) [RSF: CPCB | INFRA | NCR]

Key Resources

• After the Fire USA — National Wildfire Recovery & Advocacy  —  The leading national organisation for community wildfire recovery and advocacy. Jennifer Gray Thompson (CEO) is a direct resource. Runs the C2C and Wildfire Leadership Summit programs.  [RSF: CPCB | ECON]

• After the Fire USA — Resource Library  —  Curated advocacy guides, recovery frameworks, and lessons from fire communities across the US.  [RSF: CPCB]

• After the Fire USA — We Advocate, We Educate Program  —  Describes the model for survivor-led advocacy in Washington DC and Sacramento, including coalition building and delegation organizing.  [RSF: CPCB]

• After the Fire USA — California Resources  —  State-specific resource hub for California fire communities.  [RSF: CPCB]

• Eaton Fire Survivors Network — Fix Insurance: 2026 Insurance Reform Bills  —  The campaign hub for SB 1076, 1301, 877, 878 — includes bill summaries, action steps, Senate Insurance Committee contacts, and endorsement mechanism.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• fixinsurance.org — Survivor Petition  —  The petition supporting all four insurance reform bills. 400+ survivors and organizations already signed. Adding Team Palisades amplifies political pressure.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• CalMatters: Fires Burn Swiftly, But Insurance Battles Linger (Jan 2026)  —  Journalism tracking all 2026 insurance bills, their status, and the industry opposition. Best single source for bill tracking.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• CA Dept. of Insurance: Disaster Recovery Reform Act (Jan 2026)  —  Commissioner Lara's own legislative package — understand the state regulator's agenda alongside survivor-led bills.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• CA Dept. of Insurance: New Consumer Protection Laws — Effective Jan 2025  —  Summary of protections already enacted — helps identify what gaps remain and what bills are needed.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• Senator Pérez: SB 1076 Introduction — Fire-Safe Homes Coverage Guarantee  —  Primary source on SB 1076: requirements, implementation timeline, and enforcement mechanism.  [RSF: ECON | CPCB]

• Enterprise Community Partners: California's Wildfires Policy Response  —  Tracks state and federal policy responses including CDBG-DR funding, housing policy, and equity considerations.  [RSF: HOUS | ECON | CPCB]

• WildfireLA: From Recovery to Resilience — Needs Assessment (Feb 2026)  —  Community needs assessment providing the evidentiary basis for specific advocacy asks at city, county, and state levels.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS | HOUS]

• LA County Recovers: Moving Forward Together — CDBG-DR & ARP Programs  —  Official description of CDBG-DR and American Rescue Plan funding programmes — the primary federal grant mechanisms for community-scale recovery.  [RSF: HOUS | ECON | CPCB]

• Department of Angels  —  LA-based nonprofit deeply embedded in survivor support, community coordination, and advocacy across Palisades and Altadena. Key partner.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS]

• Congressman Brad Sherman: LA Wildfire Resources & Recovery Guide  —  Federal resource guide covering FEMA programs, SBA loans, and federal assistance — the starting point for federal advocacy coordination.  [RSF: CPCB | ECON | HOUS]

• White House: Presidential Action on LA Wildfire Recovery (Jan 2026)  —  Federal executive action directing agencies to address perceived delays — important context for federal funding and political dynamics.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• Pali LTRG — Pacific Palisades Long Term Recovery Group  —  Primary local coordination body for long-term recovery. Essential partner for any advocacy work — the organization with ground-level situational awareness.  [RSF: CPCB]

• Find Your California Representative  —  Essential tool for constituent contact campaigns — identify which committee members represent Palisades-adjacent districts.  [RSF: CPCB]

Communications is about clarity, consistency, and trust. In a complex multi-year recovery, fragmented or inaccurate information creates real harm — residents make housing, financial, and rebuild decisions based on what they hear. This task force carries responsibility for ensuring that residents, public agencies, and the broader public receive reliable, coordinated information about what is happening and what resources are available. It also means telling the Palisades story effectively to regional and national audiences to maintain political pressure and attract resources.

The media landscape around disaster recovery has specific patterns. In Year One, coverage is intense and often focused on human tragedy. In Year Two, media interest fades — even as the hardest work begins. LA Times and the team at CalMatters are tracking rebuild progress ; building relationships with them is strategically important. Local outlets like Palisades News, Three Homeless Guys podcast, the returning Palisadian Post, Circling The News, and the Whatsapp, Facebook/Instagram and Nextdoor community channels serve different but essential functions for resident communication.

‍Effective crisis and recovery communications requires a clear structure: designated spokespersons, an approved message hierarchy, a rapid-response protocol for misinformation, and a consistent update cadence that doesn't depend on breaking news hooks. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy and the World Bank's GFDRR have both published practical guides specifically tailored to organisations in this situation. The Communications ATF should develop a communications charter covering all community-facing channels within the first 60 days of operation.

‍ ‍Key Resources

• Center for Disaster Philanthropy: Crisis Communications Guide  —  Practical framework for recovery communications from the premier philanthropic resource in this field. Covers message consistency, spokesperson roles, and long-haul communication strategy.

• World Bank / GFDRR: Communication During Disaster Recovery  —  Sector-specific guidance note for organisations managing community communications through a recovery period. Covers information needs at different recovery stages.

• Nonprofit Risk Management Center: Communicating During a Crisis  —  Practical nonprofit-focused communications guide: roles, message approval flows, media contact protocols, and post-crisis communications.

• Marketing Insider Group: Crisis Communications Best Practices for Nonprofits  —  Concise, actionable introduction to crisis communications structure — good orientation reading for committee members who are new to this area.

• ‍PrepareCenter: Social Media in Disasters — IFRC Resource  —  International Red Cross framework for social media use during disasters and recovery — covers monitoring, content strategy, and community engagement online.

• ‍Hub  —  CalMatters provides some of the most data-driven and sustained journalism on the rebuild — understanding their coverage helps the Media Relations ATF work with — and respond to — key reporters.

• ‍Pali LTRG: Weekly Newsletter Archive  —  The Pali Long Term Recovery Group's newsletter is now live, and a key pillar in media relations for unmet needs.

‍Community Connections ensure that recovery reflects the voices and needs of all residents — including those who are displaced, elderly, mobility-limited, or less digitally connected. It creates structured, two-way communication so that decisions about the community are informed by lived experience, not just institutional assumptions. This work underpins every other task force: without meaningful engagement, even the best advocacy or resilience programs will fail to reach the people who need them most.

‍The Palisades already has significant community engagement infrastructure: Palisades Recovery Coalition, PPRA, the PPCC, Team Palisades, the Pali LTRG, the Pacific Palisades CRCC (Community Recovery Coordination Council), Pali Condo Captains, and multiple neighborhood associations. The opportunity for this task force is to help these structures work better together — reducing duplication, closing information gaps for displaced residents, and ensuring that structured input from the community actually shapes decisions at the city, county, and state levels. The CRCC's relationship with AECOM (the city's contracted recovery consultant) and the city's LTRP (Long Term Recovery Plan) process are key pressure points.

‍Community engagement in disaster recovery is a well-studied field. Research consistently shows that communities with strong social cohesion, active neighborhood networks, and trusted local organizations recover faster and more equitably.

Key Resources

• LARCRO — LA Region Community Recovery Organisation  —  Overview of the regional recovery coordination architecture — helps understand how the Palisades CRCC and Pali LTRG fit within the broader multi-agency recovery structure.

• After the Fire USA — Community Programmes  —  Describes ATF USA's Community to Community (C2C) model, Wildfire Leadership Summit, and Resiliency Network — all applicable to building Palisades community engagement capacity.

• FEMA: Community Resilience Resources for Wildfire (Region 8)  —  FEMA's guide to building community resilience hubs, neighbour-to-neighbour networks, and structured engagement during wildfire recovery.

• PMC / NIH: Role of Long-Term Recovery Organisations in Post-Wildfire Communities  —  Peer-reviewed research on what makes LTRGs effective, what community needs are most persistent, and how organisations can structure for long-term impact.

• ‍UCLA ITS: Wildfire Recovery & Resilience for Vulnerable Communities  —  Addresses equity in community engagement — ensuring elderly, renter, and displaced populations are not left behind in recovery planning processes.

• Department of Angels  —  LA-based nonprofit embedded in survivor support and community coordination across the Palisades and Altadena.

• LA County Recovers: City of Los Angeles / Palisades Recovery Resources  —  Official clearinghouse of programmes and resources specific to Palisades residents — useful baseline for understanding what residents can already access and where the gaps are.

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‍Evacuation is perhaps the most urgent issue for returning Palisades residents. The January 2025 fire spread at 2.3 miles per hour and destroyed the neighbourhood in roughly five hours. Roads gridlocked. People abandoned cars to flee on foot. The AECOM Wildfire Resilience report found that almost all local streets are narrower than city fire code permits, and that a majority of long dead-end streets fail code requirements for fire engine turnaround space. These are not peripheral findings — they mean the Palisades cannot be evacuated safely under current infrastructure conditions in a fast-moving fire. This task force exists to change that.

‍Effective evacuation capability requires simultaneous work on three timeframes. Immediately, the task force should advocate for gate removals, fire road clearance, and emergency lane designations that can be accomplished before the next fire season. In the medium term, neighbourhood-specific evacuation plans with community drill programmes should be established street by street — the Palisades' hillside geography requires bespoke planning, not generic guidance. Long-term, infrastructure changes including dedicated emergency lanes, street widening where possible, and improved turnaround spaces for fire apparatus should be embedded in the rebuild plan.

‍FEMA's April 2025 Marshall Fire Mitigation Assessment Team report is the single most directly applicable technical document for this task force — it analyses a similar hillside suburban disaster and produces detailed, actionable recommendations. The AECOM Wildfire Resilience volume is the Palisades-specific companion. Both should be read in full by core committee members. The NLC wildfire resilience toolkit (October 2025) is the best community engagement companion, translating technical requirements into local government action steps.

Key Resources

• CD11 / AECOM: Palisades Wildfire Resilience Planning Report (Feb 2026)  —  The Wildfire Resilience volume of AECOM's 1,000-page report identifies specific evacuation deficiencies: street widths, dead ends, turnaround failures.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB | N&CR]

• McChrystal Group After-Action Review of Alert Notification Systems and Evacuation Policies for the Eaton and Palisades Fires  —  The review found that a series of weaknesses, including “outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities,” hampered the effectiveness of LA County’s response.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• Palisades News: AECOM Reports — Evacuation Deficiencies & Infrastructure Hardening  —  Clear accessible summary of AECOM's evacuation-specific findings — recommended starting point for committee orientation.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• FEMA MAT: Best Practices for Wildfire-Resilient Subdivision Planning (April 2025)  —  Analyses the Marshall Fire (Boulder, CO) — a comparable hillside suburban disaster — with detailed evacuation route, access, and subdivision design recommendations.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• FEMA: Homeowner's Guide to Reducing Wildfire Risk Through Defensible Space (April 2025)  —  Practical homeowner guide from the same MAT programme. Suitable for distribution to rebuilding residents on defensible space and ember protection.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• CAL FIRE: Get Ready to Go — Evacuation Planning Guide  —  Official state evacuation framework: zone systems, early departure protocols, go-bags, and family planning. Baseline for any community drill programme.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS]

• LA Emergency Management: Palisades Evacuations — Official Archive  —  Record of all evacuation orders and repopulation notices during the 2025 fires — essential for understanding actual command decisions under fire conditions.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• LAO: Wildfire Response and Recovery in California — Legislative Briefing  —  Nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office briefing on state roles in evacuation, emergency declaration, and recovery funding.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• NLC: New Toolkit Guides Communities in Building Resilience to Wildfires (Oct 2025)  —  Practical local government toolkit from the National League of Cities and ICF — translates wildfire risk concepts into local action steps including evacuation planning.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• NLC: What Local Officials Should Do When Facing a Wildfire (Jan 2025)  —  Rapid-response guide for local officials: damage assessment, mutual aid, federal declarations, community communication protocols.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• UCLA ITS: Wildfire Recovery & Resilience for Vulnerable Communities  —  Research on equity in evacuation — elder-focused planning, mobility-limited populations, and community drill design. Directly relevant to Palisades demographics.  [RSF: CPCB | H&SS]

• GAO: Wildfire Disasters — FEMA Response & Recovery Challenges  —  Government Accountability Office analysis of systemic gaps in federal wildfire response — useful for advocacy targeting federal leverage points.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• ‍FEMA: Wildfire Actions — National Framework  —  FEMA's national wildfire preparedness and recovery framework — the starting point for understanding what federal resources exist.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

• USFS: Science Supports Los Angeles Wildfires' Aftermath  —  US Forest Service's post-fire scientific assessment for the LA fires — covers watershed risk, erosion, and stabilisation efforts directly affecting evacuation route safety.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• CAL FIRE: Palisades Fire Incident Page  —  Official CAL FIRE incident record with final containment data, acreage, and structure counts — baseline facts for any briefing.  [RSF: CPCB]

• FEMA: Wildfire Disaster Declaration DR-4856-CA  —  The federal declaration that unlocks FEMA Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Grant funds. Key for understanding funding pathways.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR | H&SS]

• Engaged California: LA Fires Recovery Action Plan  —  State's coordinated recovery plan including community safety and resilience commitments — tracks government-level evacuation and preparedness actions.  [RSF: CPCB | INFR]

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Function:  to monitor and study the progress and logistics of the community’s rebuild and the status of proposed undergrounding of utilities and other public infrastructure repairs / improvements; to interface with LADWP and other relevant government agencies; and to present information, updates and recommendations to the PPCC Board as to matters involving rebuild logistics, undergrounding and other infrastructure repairs / improvements.

Committee email: ppccinfrastructure@gmail.com

More information and committee members: https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/committees/

A · AECOM & Official Technical Reports

• AECOM Public Infrastructure Restoration Report (Vol. 1) — CD11 Hub  —  Primary technical assessment of all public infrastructure in the burn zone: roads, utilities, water, stormwater. All three AECOM volumes accessible here.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• AECOM Logistics, Traffic, Parking & Communications Report (Vol. 2) — CD11 Hub  —  Covers evacuation route capacity, road width constraints, parking displacement, and communications infrastructure. Directly informs road reconstruction standards.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• AECOM Wildfire Resilience Planning Report (Vol. 3) — CD11 Hub  —  Addresses defensible space, utility hardening, and integrated watershed infrastructure — cross-cutting with stormwater and canyon restoration.  [RSF: INFR | N&CR]

• Palisades News: AECOM Report Summary & Key Findings  —  Plain-language summary of all three AECOM volumes with commentary on contested recommendations. Quick-read orientation before engaging the full reports.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

B · Water Infrastructure & LADWP

• LADWP Wildfire Resilience & Infrastructure Investment Plan  —  LADWP's multi-year plan for grid hardening, undergrounding, and water-system upgrades in high-risk zones. The committee's primary negotiating document with LADWP.  [RSF: INFR]

• UCLA Luskin Center: Electrifying Resilience — Utility Undergrounding Cost-Benefit Analysis  —  Quantifies costs and fire-risk reduction of undergrounding across California WUI communities. Provides the economic framework for LADWP undergrounding advocacy.  [RSF: INFR | ECON]

• State Water Board: Post-Fire Drinking Water System Recovery Guidance  —  Federal/state protocols for testing, flushing, and certifying potable water systems after wildfire contamination — critical for resident return timelines.  [RSF: INFR | H&SS]

• LADWP Palisades Recovery Water Service Restoration Updates  —  Real-time updates on water main repairs, fire-hydrant flow-test results, and restoration milestones in the Palisades service area.  [RSF: INFR]

C · Electrical Grid & Utility Undergrounding

• ‍California PUC Wildfire Mitigation Plan Filing Portal  —  Repository of all IOU and LADWP wildfire mitigation plans filed with the CPUC — includes undergrounding commitments, budgets, and implementation timelines.  [RSF: INFR]

• ‍SB 1 (2025 Special Session) — Infrastructure Resilience & Wildfire Prevention Bond  —  Key legislation authorising billions for utility undergrounding, grid hardening, and WUI infrastructure. The committee should monitor implementation and drawdown timelines.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• ‍ Wildfire Safety Division — CPUC Annual Utility Hardening Report  —  Annual scorecard on utility compliance with WSD safety standards. Useful for holding LADWP accountable to published undergrounding and vegetation-management commitments.  [RSF: INFR]

‍D · Roads, Transportation & Evacuation Infrastructure

• LA Bureau of Engineering — Palisades Road Reconstruction Programme  —  City engineering office managing street and road reconstruction in the burn area. Key contact point for road width, access design, and construction sequencing.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

• Caltrans District 7 — Pacific Coast Highway & Malibu Canyon Infrastructure Report  —  Covers PCH structural condition, Malibu Canyon road upgrades, and long-term access-road resilience investments relevant to Palisades evacuation corridors.  [RSF: INFR]

• ASCE Los Angeles Infrastructure Report Card  —  Engineering society's grading of LA's water, roads, stormwater, and energy infrastructure — provides public accountability benchmarks and advocacy language.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB]

‍E · Stormwater, Debris Flow & Environmental Infrastructure

• LA County Flood Control District — Post-Fire Debris Basin & Stormwater Management  —  Manages debris basins, retention structures, and storm-drain capacity upgrades. Critical partner for post-fire stormwater and mudflow risk mitigation.  [RSF: INFR | N&CR]

• USGS Post-Fire Landslide Hazards Programme — Palisades Burn Zone  —  Scientific modelling of post-fire debris-flow probability and run-out distance for Palisades and adjacent canyons. Feeds directly into road design and homeowner risk disclosure.  [RSF: INFR | N&CR | H&SS]

• UCLA IoES: Stormwater & Wildfire Runoff in the Santa Monica Mountains  —  Research on post-fire hydrology, contaminant loading, and infrastructure resilience in the Santa Monica Mountain watershed — practical policy implications for stormwater design.  [RSF: INFR | N&CR]

‍ F · Cross-Cutting Infrastructure & Resilience Standards

• ULI Project Recovery — Infrastructure & Resilience Recommendations  —  The ULI/UCLA/USC expert panel's infrastructure chapter covers utility relocation, road standards, and resilience design for rebuilt Palisades. Cross-cuts all infrastructure sub-topics.  [RSF: INFR | CPCB | ECON]

• Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) — Wildfire-Resilient Infrastructure Standards  —  National standards body for wildfire-resistant construction and infrastructure. Provides the technical framework for writing resilience requirements into infrastructure contracts.  [RSF: INFR | HOUS]

• McKinsey Global Institute: Rebuilding for Resilience After Wildfire  —  Chapter on infrastructure investment sequencing — which assets to rebuild first and how to structure public-private cost-sharing for hardened systems.  [RSF: INFR | ECON | CPCB]

G.  PPCC and Infrastructure Committee positions/ resources

• Letter re Master Infrastructure Plan — (February 2026)   [RSF: INFRA | NCR]

• Resolution re Master Infrastructure Plan — (February 2026)  [RSF: INFRA | NCR]

• Letter re: Funding Needs — (June 15, 2026) [RSF: CPCB | INFRA | NCR]

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‍In the Palisades, logistics and traffic are lived daily realities — especially during rebuild. This task force focuses on keeping the community functional while construction, debris hauling, utility work, and resident return patterns all compete for limited road capacity on narrow hillside streets. The challenge is not just volume but sequencing: how to prioritize access, manage contractor staging, and prevent the rebuild phase from creating its own form of gridlock.

‍Mayor Bass has issued executive orders specifically requiring the Department of Transportation to develop haul route management plans, and LA County has established formal debris haul corridors. LADWP's undergrounding programme — a major infrastructure project affecting virtually every street in the Palisades — will unfold over years and needs to be coordinated tightly with rebuilding timelines to avoid redundant excavation. Committee members should familiarize themselves with both the city permitting framework and the LADWP undergrounding phasing plan before engaging with agencies or contractors.

‍Effective logistics management during rebuild has a direct bearing on evacuation capability: a community gridlocked by construction trucks is also a community that cannot evacuate quickly. The most impactful near-term projects include establishing dedicated haul corridors, centralized contractor staging areas, and smart sequencing protocols so that multiple rebuilds on the same block can proceed without compounding access problems.

‍Key Resources

• Mayor Bass Executive Order: Haul Routes & Rebuilding Streamlining  —  Requires LADOT and Public Works to report on haul route safety management and concurrent traffic impacts within 15 days.

• ‍LADBS: Wildfire Rebuilding & Recovery Portal  —  Official city resource for permit applications, rebuilding requirements, and construction guidelines.

• LA County Recovers: Rebuilding Hub  —  County-level permits, contractor resources, and rebuilding programme guidance.

• ‍LADWP: Pacific Palisades Undergrounding Initiative (2026 Guide)  —  Essential reading for anyone rebuilding now: explains the phasing of underground power lines and what builders should do proactively to avoid future excavation costs.

• LADWP: Rebuilding the Palisades Electrical System — Fact Sheet  —  Technical overview of the electrical grid rebuild programme, including the 6.5-mile conduit system and phasing by neighbourhood block.

• UCLA Luskin: Building Resilient Utilities — Water & Power Infrastructure Report (Oct 2025)  —  Independent academic analysis of water and power infrastructure gaps exposed by the fires, with specific recommendations for LA County utilities.

• US Army Corps: Residential Debris Removal — How It Worked  —  Overview of the debris removal operation — the fastest such operation in US history — useful for understanding what has already been accomplished and what comes next.

Function:  to help standardize and professionalize the PPCC Board’s consideration of zoning and land use related issues by offering thorough, consistent and well-researched analysis and recommendations to the Board.

Committee email: info@pacpalicc.org

More information: https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/committees/

A · Executive Orders, State Law & Enabling Framework

• Governor's Executive Order N-4-25 — Wildfire Permitting & Regulatory Suspensions  —  The foundational EO suspending CEQA, Coastal Act, and zoning review for like-for-like rebuilds. Every Land Use committee member must read this in full.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• Governor's Executive Order N-9-25 — Extended & Expanded Rebuilding Protections  —  Extends and expands N-4-25 — adds provisions for ADUs, accessory structures, temporary housing, and broadens the like-for-like footprint allowance to 110%.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• AB 2295 (2025) — Like-for-Like Rebuilding Rights & LADBS Streamlined Process  —  Codifies the Governor's like-for-like rebuilding rights into statute — 110% footprint, 110% height, same use, by-right, through January 2032.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• SB 4 (2025 Special Session) — Wildfire Recovery Housing & Zoning Streamlining  —  Mandates ministerial approval for all compliant wildfire rebuilds — eliminates discretionary hearings, neighbour-notification delays, and design-review committees for like-for-like projects.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

B · Coastal Commission & Coastal Zone Permitting

• California Coastal Commission — 2025 Wildfire Emergency Waiver & LCP Guidance  —  Official Coastal Commission page on wildfire rebuilding waivers, LCP amendment process, and how to apply for a coastal development permit under emergency rules.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | N&CR]

• Holland & Knight: Navigating the Coastal Act After the Palisades Fire  —  Leading land-use law firm analysis of which Coastal Commission requirements are waived, which remain, and how the LCP amendment process works for affected property owners.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• Loeb & Loeb: California Wildfire Rebuilding — Regulatory Guide for Coastal Properties  —  Practical guidance on Coastal Zone permitting, view protection, and how to handle parcels that straddle the Coastal Commission boundary.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

C · LA City Zoning, Hillside Ordinance & Local Land-Use Rules

• LADBS Wildfire Rebuild Permitting Portal  —  City's dedicated online entry point for all wildfire rebuild permits — tracks application status, fee waivers, plan-check timelines, and inspector assignments.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• LA City Planning — Hillside Area Design Guidelines & Ordinance  —  The Hillside Ordinance governs setbacks, grading, retaining walls, and height envelopes in hillside areas — these rules are NOT waived for non-by-right projects.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• LA City Planning — Baseline Mansionization Ordinance & Single-Family Zoning Code  —  The BMO caps floor-area ratios in R1 zones. Understanding interaction with like-for-like rules is essential — the EOs supersede BMO for qualifying rebuilds.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• LA County Department of Regional Planning — Pacific Palisades & Topanga Area Plan  —  Governs land use for unincorporated county parcels within and adjacent to the burn zone. Topanga and portions of the canyon are county jurisdiction, not city.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

D · ADUs, Accessory Structures & Phased Rebuilding

• Terner Center for Housing Innovation — ADU Policy in Wildfire Recovery Zones  —  Analysis of how ADU streamlining can accelerate resident return — owner lives in ADU while main house is rebuilt. Key policy recommendations for the committee.  [RSF: HOUS | CPCB]

• CA HCD: ADU Resource Center — Post-Disaster Streamlining Guidance  —  State housing department guidance on ADU permitting, including post-disaster fast-track provisions and manufactured-unit deployment on affected parcels.  [RSF: HOUS | CPCB]

• LADBS: Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Permit Guide — Los Angeles  —  Local implementation of state ADU rules — current LA City ADU permitting requirements, fee schedules, and setback tables applicable to fire-rebuild properties.  [RSF: HOUS | CPCB]

E · Legal Analysis, Academic Research & Advocacy Resources

• Berkeley Law — Center for Law, Energy & the Environment: Wildfire Rebuilding Legal Toolkit  —  Authoritative legal analysis of state-vs-local-government tensions in wildfire rebuilding, CEQA reform, and Coastal Act interpretation — updated as legislation evolves.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• UCLA Lewis Center: Rebuilding Los Angeles — Zoning, Equity & Recovery  —  Academic analysis of land-use barriers to equitable recovery — specific attention to whether current zoning enables affordable replacement housing alongside market-rate rebuilds.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | ECON]

• After the Fire USA — Policy Tracker: Rebuilding Regulatory Reform  —  National clearinghouse tracking state-level zoning, permitting, and insurance reforms in wildfire-affected communities. Provides comparative context for California advocacy.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

• LA Times: 'The Permitting Maze' — Rebuild Barriers & Policy Analysis  —  In-depth journalism on where the permitting process is breaking down — specific case studies from early Palisades applicants. Useful for identifying systemic LADBS bottlenecks.  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS]

F.  PPCC and LUC positions/ resources

• PPCC Land Use Tenets (January 2026)   [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | ECON]

• LUC Report re Density Bonus Project ( April 2026; including list of resources) [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | ECON]

• LUC Motion/PPCC Position re Density Mandates & Evacuation(April 2026)  [RSF: CPCB | HOUS | ECON]

Standing Homes face hidden battles: proving invisible contamination to insurance, managing remediation without displacement support, and navigating survivor's guilt in devastated neighborhoods. The path forward requires specialized resources, collective advocacy, and community support.

Resources

• The Challenges of Post-Fire Assessments, Part 1
  AIHA; March 11, 2025, An Interview with Dawn Bolstad-Johnson by Michele Twilley [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

• The Challenges of Post-Fire Assessments, Part 2
  AIHA; March 18, 2025, An Interview with Dawn Bolstad-Johnson by Michele Twilley [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

• The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
  The National Academies Press, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C.; 2022 [RSF: HSS | HOUS | NCR]

• After a Wildfire: Considerations for Building Environmental Testing
  Center for Plumbing Safety at Purdue University; A.J. Whelton, E. Bollens, C. Ferrarezzi [RSF: HSS | HOUS | INFR]

• The Impact of Megafire Smoke on Human Health and Effective Remediation Strategies
  After the Fire USA; Nicole Della Santina, MPH, May 1, 2025) [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

• Industrial hygiene method for assessing toxic contamination in smoke and fire-damaged homes
  Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods; David Phalen & Joe L. Nieusma, September 22, 2025 [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

• Indoor Air Facts No. 4 Sick Building Syndrome
  US Environmental Protection Agency; Air and Radiation (6609J), Research and Development (MD-56) February 1991 [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

• Why Indoor Chemistry Matters: A National Academies Consensus Report
  Environmental Science & Technology 2022; 56, 10560−10563 [RSF: HSS | HOUS]

Standing Homes Surveys

• Standing home survivors are often invisible in disaster data. These Standing Homes Surveys help collect and document the community's experiences, so that Standing Homes stories are heard and the challenges understood. https://standinghomes.org/surveys

‍Wildfire resilience is the long-term shift in how the Palisades builds, maintains, and lives within a fire-prone environment. The evidence base is now very strong: a March 2026 study by the California Department of Insurance found that rebuilding to the IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home standard reduces average fire losses by 31–35%. Homes with four combined features — Class A roof, noncombustible siding, double-pane windows, and enclosed eaves — had a 54% likelihood of avoiding damage, compared to just 36% with only one feature. This is not a marginal improvement. The challenge is that California's building code still sets a lower standard than what science supports, and insurance payouts often don't cover the upgrade cost.

Natural resources recovery is the often-overlooked counterpart to home hardening. The Palisades sits within the Santa Monica Mountains ecosystem — a chaparral-dominated landscape that experienced catastrophic vegetation loss in January 2025. Burned slopes are now highly vulnerable to erosion, debris flows, and flooding in the rainy season. Soil contamination from structural fire debris — heavy metals, asbestos, and toxic residues — remains a concern even after FEMA debris removal. Canyon creek systems, wildlife corridors, and the urban-wildland interface all require active management to support both ecosystem recovery and long-term community safety.

This task force should work on two parallel tracks: the built environment (home hardening, vegetation management, water infrastructure, utility undergrounding) and the natural environment (erosion control, watershed protection, native species re-establishment, toxic soil remediation). The two tracks are connected — native vegetation managed appropriately for defensible space also reduces erosion risk and supports habitat recovery. The LA Conservation Corps, USFS, and NRCS are the key implementing partners for natural resources work.

Key Resources

• Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Program Framework(Version: March 2026)

• AECOM Wildfire Resilience Planning Report (Vol. 3) — CD11 Hub  —  Addresses defensible space, utility hardening, and integrated watershed infrastructure — cross-cutting with stormwater and canyon restoration.  [RSF: INFR | N&CR]

• CA Dept. of Insurance / NAIC: Landmark Wildfire Safety Standards Study (March 2026)  —  Groundbreaking study showing rebuilding to IBHS WPH standard reduces losses by 31–35%. The most important resilience research published to date for the Palisades.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR | ECON]

• IBHS: Findings on LA County's Palisades & Eaton Fires  —  Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety's direct analysis of January 2025 fires — which features determined which homes survived. Essential technical reading.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• NRDC: Home Hardening Will Increase Wildfire Resilience (July 2025)  —  NRDC policy brief on home hardening programmes — covers rebate structures, code adoption pathways, and equity considerations for lower-income homeowners.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR | CPCB]

• LA County Recovers: Resilient Rebuilding — Building Standards  —  Official county guidance on resilient building in the LA fire recovery context, including materials requirements and defensible space standards.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• NPR: Why Some LA Homes Are Built to Resist Wildfires — And Some Aren't  —  Accessible explanation of the gap between what science supports and what California code requires — useful for community education audiences.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• CAL FIRE: Prepare — Defensible Space & Home Hardening  —  Official state resource for defensible space zones, vegetation management requirements, and home hardening programmes.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• FEMA: Homeowner's Guide — Reducing Wildfire Risk Through Defensible Space  —  Practical homeowner guide from the Marshall MAT report. Suitable for distribution to all rebuilding residents.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• USGS: Erosion Following Wildfire Has Increased in California Since 1984  —  Scientific evidence on accelerating post-fire erosion trends in California — 57% of postfire erosion by mass occurs upstream of reservoirs. Essential background.  [RSF: N&CR]

• USGS: Hydrologic and Erosion Responses of Burned Watersheds  —  Technical USGS research on watershed behaviour after wildfire — flooding, sedimentation, and debris flow risk. Applicable to Palisades canyon systems.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• USFS: Science Supports Los Angeles Wildfires' Aftermath  —  US Forest Service post-fire scientific assessment for the LA fires — soil burn severity mapping, erosion modelling, and stabilisation planning.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• USFS: Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Programme  —  The federal programme for immediate post-fire watershed assessment and stabilisation — describes the multi-agency coordination model applicable to the Palisades.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• NRCS California: Post-Fire Disaster Assistance  —  USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service programmes for post-fire land stabilisation, erosion control, and water quality protection.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• WildfireLA: Soil Contamination Concerns — Palisades, Malibu & Altadena (March 2026)  —  Community-focused analysis of toxic soil residues after FEMA debris removal — heavy metals, asbestos, and remediation considerations.  [RSF: N&CR | H&SS]

• Marshall GeoScience: Engineering & Environmental Implications of LA Wildfires  —  Geotechnical analysis of soil reinforcement, erosion control, drainage system rebuild, and landslide risk on burned Palisades slopes.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]

• LA Conservation Corps: Wildfire Recovery Programmes  —  Describes the Conservation Corps' habitat restoration, trail repair, beach access, and watershed protection deployments in Pacific Palisades since January 2025.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• Wallpaper: Rebuilding LA — Landscape and Nature After the Fires  —  Design-focused perspective on landscape recovery, native species replanting, and how garden-level decisions contribute to long-term soil remediation.  [RSF: N&CR | CPCB]

• McKinsey: Forging a Resilient Future for California's Homeowners and Insurers  —  Connects the wildfire resilience agenda to the insurance market crisis — argues that community-level resilience investment is the path to restoring the CA insurance market.  [RSF: N&CR | ECON | INFR]

• Frontline Wildfire Defense: Impact of the LA Fires  —  Practitioner analysis of fire behaviour, structure survivability, and defensible space outcomes from the January 2025 fires.  [RSF: N&CR | INFR]