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LET THE CITY KNOW:

You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

It’s been a little while since I sat down for some hot takes, but this week is exceptional! Yesterday in Los Angeles charges were announced by federal prosecutors against Jonathan Rinderknecht, a 29 year old Uber driver who the state alleges is responsible for the blaze which became the monstrous Pacific Palisades fire over the first week of this past January.

I consider just what this means for victims of this unbelievable news, including since this recent L.A. Times analysis shows that after California wildfires destroyed nearly 23,000 homes between 2017 – 2020, to this day only 38% of them have been successfully rebuilt.

This podcast episode also shouts out the late, great Mike Davis’s Ecology of Fear, which discusses the perilous challenges for Los Angeles in the face of Climate Change. Please find it at your local library or bookstore, it’s never been a better time to get in the know.

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J.T.