Join LA Podcast LIVE zoom on Thursday -- "The Fires and What Comes Next... " and submit your essay about recovery

One week ago today, Angelenos woke up to a city that had been irrevocably transformed overnight. After years of recording so-called emergency episodes, this is the emergency we imagined was possible but hoped to never see.

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 16 at 8 p.m. for a very special live show on Zoom. Bring your questions about the fires, the city and county response, and where LA goes next. 

In this troubled time, Southern California needs forums for thoughtful discussion about how we move toward healing, recovery, and reconstruction.

LA Podcast and LA Forward Institute are teaming up to solicit and publish an array of opinion essays (600-1,800 words) about these topics, with a focus on what kind of policies our governments should pursue in the wake of the fires so our region is a fair, flourishing place for everyone, especially those who've been most impacted. 

Please let us know if you might be interested in submitting an essay by filling out the form on our website here.

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