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

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

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2441905/fan_mail/new] 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 Homes [https://risehomesca.com] * CalEHP [https://caelectrichomes.com] * LA DWP Save [https://www.ladwp.com/residential-services/programs-and-rebates-residential] Support the show [https://4agc.com/donate/la-fires]

Rebuild:LA Episode 078 - COMING SOON!

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2441905/fan_mail/new] 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 [https://4agc.com/donate/la-fires]

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

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2441905/fan_mail/new] 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 Palisades [https://www.resilientpalisades.org] * Reimagining the Palisades [https://www.resilientpalisades.org/resources-tools] * Tree People [https://treepeople.org] * Palisades Beautiful [https://www.palisadesbeautiful.org] * Electrify the Rebuild [https://www.resilientpalisades.org/electrify] Support the show [https://4agc.com/donate/la-fires]

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 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2441905/fan_mail/new] $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’ Network [https://www.efsurvivors.net/about-us] * Rally for Recovery [https://www.efsurvivors.net/rally-for-recovery] * Support EFSN's Insurance Reform Bills [https://www.efsurvivors.net/fix-insurance] Support the show [https://4agc.com/donate/la-fires]

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 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2441905/fan_mail/new] 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. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/california-leaders-los-angeles-fire-recovery-delays-00867498]POLITICO * 22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face [https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2025-09-30/rebuilding-california-after-major-wildfires] - Los Angeles Times Support the show [https://4agc.com/donate/la-fires]