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West Hollywood reviews January fires response, pledges clearer multilingual alerts
Summary
City staff briefed the Public Safety Commission on coordination during January 2025 regional fires, highlighting steps to improve multilingual texts, mapping in alerts and support for vulnerable residents after public comments that some elderly, disabled and Russian-speaking people were not reached.
City staff told the West Hollywood Public Safety Commission on Dec. 8 that the city activated a crisis-response team, coordinated with county fire and sheriff partners, and stood up human-services and sheltering options during the January 2025 regional fires.
The presentation recalled that the city issued real-time news releases, social-media updates, and an emergency website banner while public works teams surveyed streets for hazards and the city distributed N95 masks and arranged transportation for vulnerable residents. "Key staff members from the city gathered at City Hall through the evening and the night ... to form a crisis response team," staff reported.
Public comment and several commissioners framed the briefing. Joe Green, a West Hollywood resident who identified himself as a member of the city'9s disabilities advisory…
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