Workshop Information

UCLA and Berggruen Institute invite you to be an active participant in a series of transformative collective design sessions aimed at addressing the crucial theme of fire, emergency preparedness, and fire mitigation in our community. Your valuable insights and ideas are essential to safeguarding our homes, preserving our natural surroundings, and strengthening the resilience of the communities in the Santa Monica Mountains.

These sessions will provide an extraordinary opportunity for residents, city departments, urban planners, and other stakeholders to collaborate, identify pressing issues, and collectively develop sustainable solutions. By joining forces, we can forge a path toward a safer and more prepared LA, united in our commitment to protecting our community from the devastating effects of fires.

There will be a total of 2 assemblies, each focusing on the Bel Air community in the Santa Monica Mountains. The last workshop will be held at the UCLA campus, encouraging all of the communities to participate in a general assembly.

Below you will find the location, time and date of each assembly, which community it is geared towards and some of the topics that will be discussed.

Space is very limited for the Assemblies. If you are interested in participating, please apply here.

1. Workshop Locations

Assembly 1- Bel Air

UCLA Campus (exact location coming soon)

10am-4pm

April 27: Neighborhood Workshops

Collect input from residents & emergency agencies

Assembly 2- Responses and Synthesis of Bel Air Assembly

UCLA (exact location will be shared soon)

May 2024: Summary Workshop

Present findings; input from policymakers & planners; resident and agency feedback