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Council committee approves amended ad hoc report, seeks FEMA and DWP reimbursement for Palisades recovery work

Budget and Finance Committee (City of Los Angeles) · December 3, 2025
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Summary

The committee approved concurrence with the ad hoc LA recovery report as amended, including a direction for the CAO to pursue FEMA and LADWP reimbursement related to an $8 million AECOM task order for Pacific Palisades recovery planning; BOE said AECOM proceeded at risk while only $450,000 had been authorized to date.

The city committee voted to concur with the ad hoc LA recovery report as amended, adding a direction that the City Administrative Officer seek FEMA and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) reimbursement and report back on submissions and recoveries before the end of the fiscal year.

Deputy Mayor Anna Hoa Sapien and Bureau of Engineering (BOE) staff told the committee much of the AECOM task order work focuses on resilience beyond the city’s public infrastructure — including fire-protection planning for private homes — which the CAO has advised may put portions of the scope outside FEMA…

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