El Segundo reports wildfire response work, issues emergency order to expand temporary housing options

The City of El Segundo reported that local police and fire personnel assisted regional wildfire response and that the city issued an emergency administrative order intended to increase temporary housing options for people affected by regional wildfires.

The recorded segment said El Segundo’s fire engines 31 and 32 and eight firefighters were deployed to the Palisades fire and that local police officers joined the National Guard and other South Bay agencies to assist with looter-suppression efforts. The recording also said El Segundo’s police and fire departments remained fully staffed locally during the emergency.

The city announced an emergency administrative order "relaxing fees and restrictions relating to temporary recreational vehicle parking, short-term rental permits, and hotel room taxes at extended-stay hotels" to increase temporary housing availability. The segment said permit applications and details about the emergency order can be found on the city website (elsegundo.org/fire-support as promoted in the recording). The recording did not provide a vote or council motion tied to the order.

The segment listed assistance resources and donations. It said the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster assistance portal and helpline (1-800-621-3362) are available; it said local counseling firm Soul to Soul Healing offered free short-term mental-health counseling for affected individuals (recording provided phone contact). The recording said Chevron donated cases of N95 masks for community distribution; masks were available at the El Segundo Public Library and the Jocelyn Center and could be requested via the El Segundo Chamber of Commerce email address given in the segment.

No formal vote tally or mover/second was recorded in the segment regarding the emergency administrative order. The recording presented these steps as administrative and community-support measures deployed in response to the regional wildfire emergency.