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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/20/us-news/pacific-palisades-wildfire-recovery-   
   plan-calls-for-nearly-1-billion-in-upgrades/   
      
   A bombshell Pacific Palisades wildfire recovery plan has called for nearly   
   $1 billion in upgrades to infrastructure that was destroyed in the   
   devastating blazes.   
      
   The proposal includes projects through 2033, which involve more than $650   
   million for electrical undergrounding lines after nearly 57% of all   
   electrical points were destroyed and another $150 million for replacing   
   aging and leaky water main pipelines, the LA Times reported.   
      
   The reports were done by infrastructure firm AECOM, commissioned by Los   
   Angeles city officials for $5 million. An additional $3 million has been   
   set aside for the company for long-term recovery planning.   
      
   Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sent a letter to Palisades residents that   
   included links to the reports.   
      
   She wrote: “Full recovery is a long-term, multi-year effort that requires   
   sustained coordination — and it must continue to be community-led.   
      
   “This past year has been unimaginable for the Palisades community, but I   
   remain committed to supporting you through every step of the recovery.”   
      
   The reports focused on three things: public infrastructure restoration,   
   wildfire resilience, and logistics and traffic management once   
   construction gets underway.   
      
   Some of the things that stood out in the report include:   
      
   That almost “all” local streets within the Palisades-particularly in the   
   Alphabet Streets, Rustic Canyon and Castellammare areas-are narrower than   
   permitted by the city fire code.   
   A “majority” of long, dead-end streets did not meet fire code, allowing   
   fire engines to have enough space to turn around.   
   Evacuation warning fatigue from “frequent false alarms” made residents   
   hesitant to leave the area.   
   It also found that simply clearing vegetation around homes was “not   
   enough” to “meaningfully reduce wildfire risk in the Palisades,” due to   
   its topography and dense vegetation.   
      
   In response, the city needs to work with state and county land managers on   
   measures such as “cutting gaps in vegetation for firefighter access,   
   maintaining defensible space around community infrastructure” and   
   restoring native plants.   
      
   The report outlined other improvements like “building larger pipelines and   
   additional tanks to move and store more drinking water; improving   
   connections between local water systems; and tapping stormwater, treated   
   wastewater” or even water from the Pacific.   
      
   It also included improving water pressure by “installing pressure   
   monitoring systems” that could “ensure water availability and prevent dry   
   hydrants by streaming live data to fire crews.”   
      
   Mayor Bass has come under fire for the response to the deadly blazes,   
   including for leaving the country just days before they ripped through   
   Southern California, leaving the city unprepared.   
      
   Earlier this month, The California Post obtained the original draft of the   
   Palisades After-Action Fire Report — before it was quietly altered and   
   released to the public.   
      
   One of the most damning edits had to do with language acknowledging   
   insufficient resources to “suppress a wind-driven vegetation fire,” with   
   the department attempting to be “fiscally responsible by not fully   
   augmenting and pre-deploying all available resources in preparation for a   
   rare wind event.”   
      
      
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