Overview

• Mayor Karen Bass has hired Hagerty Consulting, an emergency management firm, to lead project management for the Palisades fire recovery process.
• Hagerty Consulting will coordinate efforts between private and public entities, focusing on infrastructure restoration and environmental mitigation.
• The firm will report to Jim Featherstone, who was appointed to oversee the city's Emergency Operations Center recovery group.
• Bass has faced criticism for her handling of the fire's aftermath, including concerns about the complexity of the recovery structure involving multiple appointees, firms, and agencies.
• The recovery effort includes philanthropic funding for key leaders like Steve Soboroff, the recovery czar, who is tasked with rebuilding parts of Pacific Palisades but has no formal authority.