Metro - File #: 2025-0447

• File #: 2025-0447
• Type: Oral Report / Presentation
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/13/2025
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 6/18/2025
• Title: RECEIVE oral report on the status of the Metro Response to Eaton and Pacific Palisades Wildfires.
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Accessibility, Altadena, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, City of Los Angeles, Emergency transportation, Federal assistance programs, Fernando Dutra, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Housing, Janice Hahn, Joint Development Policy, Karen Bass, Kathryn Barger, Lindsey Horvath, Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE), Motion / Motion Response, Oral Report / Presentation, Outreach, Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, Rolling stock, Safety, San Fernando, San Gabriel, Santa Clarita, Slide, Westside/Central Service Sector, Wind

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 18, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO RESPONSE TO EATON AND PACIFIC PALISADES WILDFIRES

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE ORAL REPORT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE oral report on the status of the Metro Response to Eaton and Pacific Palisades Wildfires.

Issue
ISSUE

On the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025, wildfires, propelled by hurricane-force winds, low humidity and dry bush, burned through multiple communities in Los Angeles County. The Palisades fire, which had started that morning, would go on to burn through more than 23,000 acres. The Eaton fire that tore through Altadena ravaged more than 14,000 acres.

Metro's role in ensuring its customers have access to transportation options during and after this crisis were critical to individuals and families, displaced by the wildfires. Metro's wildfire response also included financial assistance and access to resources for Metro employees who have been displaced and will need significant support to rebuild their homes and lives as they recover.

On January 23, 2025, the Board passed Motion # by Directors Hahn, Barger, Horvath, Solis, Dutra and Bass (Attachment A) which required staff to report back on recommendations to address the Eaton and Pacific Palisades Wildfire Recovery. This report is the interim progress report in response to the motion.

Equity_Platform
EQUITY PLATFORM

This multi-department report includes an assessment of Customer Experience, Talent Development, and Real Estate's response to the Eaton and Pacific Palisades Wildfires. The report aligns with Metro's Equity Platform Framework, Pillar 3 "Focus and Deliver", by removing barriers and increasing access to opportunity for all.

Vehicle_Miles_Traveled _Outcome
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED OUTCOME

VMT and VMT per capita in Los Angeles County are lower than national averages, the lowest in the SCAG region, and on the lower end of VMT per capita statewide, with the...