By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
A community town hall meeting will take place on Thursday, January 16, regarding the Palisades fire, Los Angeles Police Department Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin wrote in an emailed statement on the evening of January 15.
The town hall— which will “provide critical updates regarding the current operational status of the fire and the transition into the recovery stage”—will be at Sinai Temple, located at 10400 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. It will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The agenda includes updates on firefighting efforts and containment progress, an overview of the recovery process and resources available to the community, and questions from the public that will be addressed by Palisades fire representatives and other incident command staff, according to County of Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone.
“Community members can submit questions to incident staff in the foyer of the Ziegler Sanctuary before the meeting,” Marrone wrote in the statement. “Questions will be answered during the designated Q&A session.”
The seating capacity is between 1,000 and 1,500 people, according to Espin. The town hall will also be available via livestream.
“This will be in lieu of the press conference,” Espin said.
The Palisades fire, which first began on January 7 near 10:30 a.m., has burned through 23,713 acres and is 21% contained as of January 15 at 8:05 p.m.
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