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County field rep outlines Topanga evacuation drill, Malibu water project and wildfire coordination efforts
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Daniel Vicente, field representative for Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, told the Calabasas council about an April 18 Topanga evacuation drill at King Gillette Ranch, a $14 million Malibu water project to improve firefighting pressure, motions on mental-health connections to homeless services and exploration of a regional wildfire protection authority, and other county initiatives.
Daniel Vicente, the field representative for Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, updated the Calabasas City Council on April 8 about several county initiatives and upcoming events.
Vicente invited council participation in a Topanga evacuation drill on Saturday, April 18 at King Gillette Ranch from 9 a.m. to noon and emphasized that the exercise is a drill, not an actual evacuation. He said the county is acting to curb fraud in the home health and hospice industry to protect vulnerable seniors and improve coordination across agencies.
Vicente recounted a recent ground-breaking on a $14,000,000 water project in Malibu aimed at improving water pressure to help firefighters, and noted county work to modernize water systems serving more than 20,000 people in the Santa Monica Mountains. He described a county motion to better connect mental-health care with homeless services and said the county is also exploring creating a regional wildfire protection authority to coordinate vegetation management and brush clearance in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Vicente also noted Metro’s approval of next steps for the K Line Northern Extension, and that Supervisor Horvath asked the county to study possible impacts of a proposed Warner Brothers merger to understand potential job effects. He said the county extended price-gouging protections for residents impacted by recent fires and is reviewing whether to pause roadwork during high fire-danger red-flag or PDS weather days. "That is, those are all the updates I have," Vicente said, and he invited questions from council members.
Council members thanked Vicente for the update; no formal action was requested by the council on these county matters.
