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Los Angeles council accepts ACOM recovery reports, authorizes up to $1 million for long-term planning
Summary
The City Council accepted three technical recovery reports for Pacific Palisades, authorized payments up to $1 million to ACOM for continued recovery planning and implementation, and instructed follow-up reports and coordination with recovery groups and budget committees.
The Los Angeles City Council on Monday accepted three technical recovery reports and approved up to $1,000,000 in additional payments to ACOM for long-term recovery planning and related services to support reconstruction in Pacific Palisades.
Council President Park introduced the item as the receipt of technical reports on infrastructure restoration, wildfire-resilience planning and traffic/logistics management. Susana Rossini of ACOM summarized a six-task scope of work and a 30/60/90-day implementation framework that includes immediate inspections, project sequencing, community engagement and a refreshed public recovery website and dashboards.
Rossini said the consulting team had organized short-term actions and a longer-term roadmap: "Today the framework from ACOM includes six priority tasks," she said, describing project management, restoration planning, fire-resilience planning, traffic and logistics, community outreach and development of the long-term recovery plan (L-TRP). She added that the team would publish a consolidated information site and track projects so residents could see schedules and status updates.
The council also voted on related consent items that had been read earlier: Item 3 (notices of rescission of certain authorizations to property owners damaged or destroyed in Pacific Palisades) and Item 4 (a proposed sales-tax benefit for purchases supporting reconstruction). Both items passed on the consent calendar. During public comment, Maria Razavi, who identified herself as a Pacific Palisades resident who lost her home in last year’s fire, urged the council to consider a sales-tax exemption to ease rebuilding costs.
The council approved a motion authorizing payments to ACOM of up to $1 million for long-term recovery planning and additional recovery services, and instructed several follow-ups: adding the Chief Legislative office to the Recovery Group, directing ACOM to incorporate community feedback into the L-TRP, and returning with specific reports to the appropriate committees. The record shows the vote passed with Council President Park, Councilmember Rodríguez and Councilmember Mccaskill voting in favor; Councilmembers Narayen and Soto Martínez were recorded as absent.
Council discussion stressed coordination with federal partners, funding sources and the need for clear tracking so the community can see progress. ACOM and city staff said they would work with the City Administrative Officer and the City Attorney’s office and return with budget-related reports and implementation steps.
What happens next: ACOM will incorporate community comments into the L-TRP and staff will present follow-up reports to the budget and finance committee and the Recovery Group as directed; the council recorded the item as approved and closed the matter to implementation steps.
