UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
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Informing effective and equitable environmental policy
Los Angeles, California
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UCLA LCI is on @bluesky! Join us and our network of staff and scholars as we share research, events, opportunities, and more. Check out our starter pack to get connected: @UCLA @UCLALuskin.
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🚨 @UCLA @LuskinCenter is moving! Follow us on @bluesky to stay informed on our latest research, events, and student opportunities #UCLALuskin Catch us here:
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.@UCLA @LuskinCenter is moving to @bluesky! Follow us to stay informed on our latest research, events, and student opportunities #UCLALuskin
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Known primarily as a response to floods, managed retreat typically involves govt buyouts & sometimes collective relocation. However, there is scarce precedent for applying it to wildfires which could run into potential obstacles. @UCLA #UCLALuskin
nytimes.com
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
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RT @sustainUCLA: .@LuskinCenter is offering expert guidance on L.A. wildfire response and recovery, addressing critical issues like water s….
planetizen.com
The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation offers expert guidance on LA wildfire response and recovery, addressing critical issues like water safety, air quality, equitable rebuilding, and climate...
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.@UCLA #UCLALuskin Liz Koslov & Kathryn McConnell write "We need a serious discussion of how to live with fire in this new era. we need greater investment in preparing our buildings, and community-led experiments in new ways to protect neighborhoods.
nytimes.com
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
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Without considering sweeping infrastructure changes, urban water systems are not well-equipped against wildfires. Harsh questions have to be brought up about whether we can protect people in areas like this into the future, @ucla @gregspierce told @people
people.com
As wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, many still have unanswered questions, including about how the fires started and what the problems were for firefighters
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.@ucla @ConnollyRach's research highlights the severe public health implications of wildfire pollution, indicating that the # of deaths directly associated with the fires themselves is far surpassed by those caused by smoke-related issues #UCLALuskin
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Firefighting is not just about water. It's about. aerial attacks, vegetation management, hardening [homes for wildfires] & firefighting capacity. There'll be a huge debate about how to rebuild systems & who's going to pay for it @ucla @gregspierce @NPR
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President Trump and others are spreading false narratives about water and the LA wildfires. These include the notion that the city didn't have enough water to fight the fires.
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In Altadena, homes destroyed near the San Gabriel Valley Groundwater Basin could contribute pollutants to the water system. Landslides occur in CA, but conditions are extreme enough to warrant concern for increased threat. @UCLA @edithbdeguzman told @ABC
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While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.
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Taking steps such as building more defensible space around homes will help [defend against wildfires], but the state’s 2,800 water systems will also need upgrades. @ucla's @gregspierce told @BNNBloomberg
bnnbloomberg.ca
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Wildfire smoke is unsafe for everyone. @UCLA @ConnollyRach's research found >55,000 premature deaths than previously known in 11 years from inhaling fine particulate matter, or soot, from wildfires. @latimes #UCLALuskin
latimes.com
Officials are warning of windblown ash and other pollutants from Los Angeles-area fires and say air quality readers won't pick up on the ash pollutants.
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"We experienced the most intense Santa Ana winds in nearly 15 years," @UCLA's @edithbdeguzman said. "They were extremely strong and fast, but they were also erratic. They typically are narrower and a little bit more predictable in direction." #UCLALuskin
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.@gregspierce @ucla in @highcountrynews said, “By all accounts, I don’t really know a water system anywhere that could have actually stopped the fire.” @LADWP @LACity #UCLALuskin
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Water systems aren’t designed for unlimited demands during wildland-urban interface fires.
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.@UCLA's @gregspierce spoke to @AP about how power supplies affect water quality & pressure during fires. "It's really hard, if not impossible, to keep up the power supply to the whole water system." #UCLALuskin
apnews.com
As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities.
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.@UCLA's @edithbdeguzman told @KirkSiegler @NPR that climate change and all the wooden homes around L.A. County have made it far tougher for firefighters. #UCLALuskin.
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In a city prone to large natural disasters, L.A. firefighters are widely considered to be among the best in the business at knocking down urban wildfires. But in the extreme conditions lately,...
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RT @ByIanJames: Dry fire hydrants show city water systems were not built for California megafires. "At least the way we’ve always built sys….
latimes.com
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.
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L.A.’s devastating wildfires have exposed systemic water infrastructure limits. @UCLA’s @gregspierce told @latimes: “The existing water system in LA has severe limits… you can’t really expect systems, even like DWP’s, to be prepared for this.” #uclaluskin.
latimes.com
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.
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.@gregspierce @UCLA pushed back on the assertion that the loss of water pressure was a clear sign of @ladwp mismanagement in the @AP. “I think the conversation has to be more about whether these [wildland-urban interface] areas are habitable.” #UCLALuskin
apnews.com
Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry in recent days as demand soared for water to quell fast-moving wildfires.
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