Rebuild:LA

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When the firestorms of January 2025 raged through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, they left 31 people dead and historic destruction in their wake. Recovery will be a long, uphill road, and rebuilding will take years and dedicated planning. This podcast takes a deep dive into the circumstances that led to the fires, how people can prepare for future wildfires - which are inevitable - and how Angeleños can come together to rebuild our beautiful city. Rebuild:LA is the proud winner of the 2025 Award of Excellence from the Communicator Awards, the 2025 Silver W3 Award, and the 2026 Silver NYX Award for podcasting!

  1. 5d ago

    ENCORE EPISODE! Rebuild:LA Episode 027 - The Hard Truth About Zone Zero with Dr. Travis Longcore

    Send us Fan Mail On the first of September, the new Rebuild:LA will premiere. We’re entering into the scary world of video and will be bringing you the next crop of leaders, visionaries, and doers who are helping to Rebuild LA. Until then, we’re queuing up our most popular episodes and updating them where we can. So welcome to our first encore episode. The Hard Truth About Zone Zero first aired on May 30, 2025. The guest was Dr. Travis Longcore, an Adjunct Professor at UCLA and the co-chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He serves on the Los Angeles County Environmental Review Board and is a vocal critic of Zone Zero. In 2020, California passed Assembly Bill 3074, which established Zone Zero - an ember-resistant zone within five feet of homes in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. And since that Bill passed, Californians have been arguing about how to implement it. State Fire Officials say it’s necessary to help fight the state’s increasing wildfire risk. Dr. Longcore and thousands of others say Zone Zero is impossible to implement or regulate, and won’t do much to prevent wildfire. Now we go back in time to May 30, 2025, and the fight over Zone Zero. New Resources: California Board of Forestry & Fire Protection Draft RulesIs My Home in a High Fire Hazard Severity Zone?MySafe:LA's Take on Zone Zero Support the show

    53 min

  2. Jun 30

    Rebuild:LA Episode 080: How Do We Rebuild LA? With Trees. Lots and Lots of Trees, with Dr. Cassie Rauser of TreePeople

    Send us Fan Mail TreePeople has been around for more than 50 years and has planted millions of trees. The non-profit dedicated to maintaining and growing our forests, parks, and even street tree populations, sees trees as not only integral but necessary parts of our infrastructure. And they’re trying to get the rebuilding effort in Los Angeles to recognize the importance of what they call green infrastructure and agree to plan the new Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu with trees playing a central role. Science proves them right. Trees provide cooling microclimates, combat climate change, capture and create moisture, slow erosion, and even serve as windbreaks and ember catchers during wildfires. This week, host Cameron Barrett talks to biologist and tree scientist Dr. Cassie Rauser. She is also the executive director of TreePeople. And she has a plan for rebuilding LA. Resources: TreePeopleTheodore Payne FoundationARLA (Accelerate Resilience LA)Resilient PalisadesA Living Memorial to Those Lost in the January 7th FireSupport the show

    34 min

  3. Jun 23

    Rebuild:LA Episode 079 - LADWP, CalEHP and RISE Homes Want the Future of Pacific Palisades and Altadena to Be Electric, and They Have Money to Help

    Send us Fan Mail There are state, county, regional, and city programs offering rebates, incentives, and planning assistance if you've been affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires and are considering building an electric home. We talk with three representatives from three different programs this week, in the second part of our two-part series on electrifying your home. Host Cameron Barrett welcomes our first guest, Patrice Hicks from RISE Homes. RISE Homes is short for Rebuilding Incentives for Sustainable Electric Homes - a state-wide program funded by the California Public Utilities Commission. Our second guest is Erin Keller, who is talking about her incentive programs at Cal EHP, or the California Electric Homes Program. Finally, our third guest, from LA DWP, is Enayet Miah, who presents the HOME LA program, short for High-performance, Optimized, Modern Electrification in Los Angeles. Each of our experts this week brings not only details on their programs and how to apply, but also their hopes for the future of Los Angeles as we rebuild.  Resources: LA DWP's HomeLALA DWP in the PalisadesLA DWP's Save ProgramsRISE HomesCalifornia's Electric Homes ProgramPassive House InstituteSupport the show

    26 min

  4. Jun 16

    Rebuild:LA Episode 078 - Should the Palisades and Altadena Rebuild All Electric? With LADWP, CalEHP and RISE Homes

    Send us Fan Mail Are you rebuilding? Renovating? Adding on? Rethinking your living space? Have you thought about going all-electric? That’s what we’re talking about this week and next with three experts -  Patrice Hicks from RISE Homes, Erin Keller from the California Electric Homes Project, and Enayet Miah from Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power. They have the expertise…and perhaps the money…to help you go electric. Host Cameron Barrett begins our two-episode conversation with our three subject matter experts this week, finding out why electric could be a better solution for you, and how to learn more. Next week she gets into the money offered by each organization, and how these programs could change the future of homebuilding in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Resources: RISE HomesCalEHPLA DWP SaveSupport the show

    26 min

  5. Jun 11

    Rebuild:LA Episode 078 - COMING SOON!

    Send us Fan Mail We're getting our next two-part episode ready for you. It will drop at 1:00 am Pacific Time on June 16 and is the first in a two-part series on electrifying the rebuild in the Palisades and Altadena. We'll have three experts who will outline the substantial incentives available to those interested in de-gasifying their new homes. Don't miss it! Support the show

    2 min

  6. Jun 2

    Rebuild:LA: Episode 077 - Prioritizing Nature Should Be Part of the Rebuilding Plan with Sara Marti from Resilient Palisades

    Send us Fan Mail The Palisades Fire created an ecological disaster as only a widespread urban conflagration can. But it also created a blank canvas and an opportunity, according to Sara Marti, the Communications Director of Resilient Palisades. The eco-centric non-profit began in 2019, offering free help in a wide array of environmentally friendly initiatives from clearing invasive species to electrifying your home. But when the Palisades Fire destroyed much of the region that Resilient Palisades had spent years trying to improve, the group had to pivot. And they did, releasing a plan for rebuilding the Palisades that would make it the environmental stronghold they had always believed it could be. This week, Sara Marti explains the initiatives Resilient Palisades is working on post-fire, and how you can leverage the group's expertise to make your home more environmentally resilient. Resources: Resilient PalisadesReimagining the PalisadesTree PeoplePalisades BeautifulElectrify the RebuildSupport the show

    37 min

  7. May 26

    Rebuild:LA Episode 076: State Farm Fined “A Drop in the Bucket” for Illegal Actions in the Palisades and Eaton Fire Recovery with Joy Chen from Every Fire Survivors’ Network

    Send us Fan Mail $2 million dollars. That’s what the California Board of Insurance (CBI) fined State Farm after spending 11 months looking into its illegal practices after the Eaton and Palisades Fires. They only had to investigate a fraction of the complaints against the insurance giant to see a clear practice of illegal delay and denial of claims made by fire survivors. And while $2 million dollars might seem like a lot to someone trying to recover from a wildfire, it’s what State Farm makes EVERY HOUR from its massive investment portfolio. On this week’s show, Joy Chen, the founder of the Every Fire Survivors’ Network, and a champion for insurance reform in our state, joins host Cameron Barrett and lays out the work she and her fellow advocates have done in the last year. Resources: Every Fire Survivors’ NetworkRally for RecoverySupport EFSN's Insurance Reform BillsSupport the show

    37 min

  8. May 19

    Rebuild:LA Episode 075: The Next Few Months Will Tell Us If The Palisades and Altadena Will Come Back with POLITICO’s Liam Dillon

    Send us Fan Mail The second part of our two-part series with investigative reporter Liam Dillon has us looking forward. Dillon’s stories in the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO have examined the devastation left by the last 8 years of mega-fires in California. Dillon has looked at the Tubbs Fire that laid waste to Santa Rosa, and the Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, among many others. He’s found that only 38% of the Californians who were burned out in the fires have rebuilt their homes. Now, he’s studying the twin disasters of the Palisades and Eaton Fires. And those numbers aren’t great…yet. Dillon outlines what his investigation has discovered, and whether the rebuilding of Pacific Palisades and Altadena will follow the fires before them, or break the pattern and be the robust recovery we all hope for. Resources: California leaders promised fire recovery in record time. Los Angeles isn’t seeing it.POLITICO22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face - Los Angeles Times Support the show

    23 min
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When the firestorms of January 2025 raged through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, they left 31 people dead and historic destruction in their wake. Recovery will be a long, uphill road, and rebuilding will take years and dedicated planning. This podcast takes a deep dive into the circumstances that led to the fires, how people can prepare for future wildfires - which are inevitable - and how Angeleños can come together to rebuild our beautiful city. Rebuild:LA is the proud winner of the 2025 Award of Excellence from the Communicator Awards, the 2025 Silver W3 Award, and the 2026 Silver NYX Award for podcasting!

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  • Creator
    MySafe:LA
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 © 2025 the Safe Community Project, all rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Rebuild:LA

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