February 3, 2025 Episode 238
Alissa, Mike, and Hayes ask the big questions: is the fire department underfunded, who is really in charge of LA’s recovery, which electeds are taking all the blame, and why. Plus, emergency tenant protections are once again shelved by LA City Council.
Hayes’s Big City Heat story: “The question no one is going on TV about”
“24 hours that changed Los Angeles” by the Los Angeles Times’ Laura Nelson
UCLA study: “Altadena’s Black residents disproportionately hit by Eaton fire”
How Steve Soboroff, the city’s rebuilding czar, is going to help the Palisades
Alissa on Gavin Newsom’s LA Rises announcement at Torched
The Rent Brigade is a group of volunteers fighting price gouging
LAist: “New fire eviction protections sent back to committee”
Produced by Sophie Bridges
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