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PPCC Press Release

Document type
Press Release
Published date
January 6, 2026
Language
EN
Text status
Native
Topics
  • Palisades Fire 2025
  • Motions
  • Wrac
  • VHFHSZ
  • Policy Advocacy

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Pacific Palisades Community Council
One Year After the Palisades Fire, a New Survey Shows Community
Resilience Coupled with Frustration
(Pacific Palisades, CA – January 6, 2026) One year after the devastating Palisades Fire, the
Pacific Palisades Community Council in conjunction with the National Opinion Research
Council at the University of Chicago, is releasing a new study outlining Palisades residents’
challenges, priorities and preferences. “This is the first comprehensive study that identifies
community recovery priorities and the trade-offs residents are willing to make to support
the process,” says PPCC President Sue Kohl.
“This research provides detailed evidence of the complex decisions residents face about
returning and rebuilding after the wildfires,” says Jennifer Benz, Senior Vice President at
NORC. “People are eager to get back to their community, but they face significant barriers
including financing, insurance, and permitting challenges, as well as safety concerns
regarding environmental conditions and fire resilient infrastructure. These findings can
equip stakeholders with credible, resident-centered data to inform the recovery and
rebuilding approach.” PPCC partnered with NORC because of the organization’s national
reputation for accuracy, impartiality and rigor in surveying actual residents affected by the
fire.
“The community is loudly signaling that it wants an independent rebuilding authority and/or
local community groups to have strong involvement in the process,” notes David Schwarz,
Chair of the PPCC Rebuild Committee which spearheaded the research survey. In
addition, PPCC Vice President, Quentin Fleming, highlights that “Safety, such as
undergrounding utilities is the number one priority, and there is support for financial co-
investment from the community in increased resilience and safety to harden the
community against future fires.”
Among the key findings of the report:
• Only one in four impacted residents have returned to their homes.
• While 64% of residents plan to rebuild their homes, only 13% of heavily impacted
single-family homeowners have begun construction because of numerous
obstacles.

• High repair costs and insurance-related issues are the most frequently cited
barriers. 71% of residents are extremely or very concerned that insurance will not
cover the cost to rebuild.
• Fire safety and infrastructure resilience are top priorities for rebuilding. Roughly
80% of residents place high importance on improved evacuation routes and buried
power lines.
• Residents not only value infrastructure improvements but expect its restoration to
occur quickly. Most residents consider six months to two years to be a reasonable
timeline for utilities, sewage, telecommunications, and public spaces to be fully
operational – faster than home rebuilding.
• Residents trust community-based organizations or an independent authority to lead
rebuilding. An overwhelming majority of residents have little to no confidence in
local/state government, while a majority have greater confidence in either an
independent rebuilding authority or heavy involvement by local organizations. There
is little to no confidence in the status quo.
• There is support within the community to co-invest in paying for infrastructure
improvements through a small tax increase for a limited number of years.
For additional information and inquiries, please contact Quentin Fleming, Vice President of
the PPCC at the following:
VP@pacpalicc.org
(310) 346-6732
A copy of the full report is available by clicking on the following link:
Survey Report

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