Q&A: Elected leaders reflect on challenges, lessons, triumphs, 1 year since Palisades, Eaton fires

A year after the deadly January wildfires, we’ve reached out to elected leaders in the Palisades and Eaton footprints, inviting them to weigh in on the past few months.

We were curious about their challenges, their attempts to respond and, in the end, what they learned during the year.

Many in their constituencies were displaced by the unprecedented Jan. 7 disasters, and many have demanded accountability from government over the causes and the responses.

We presented each with the same array of questions.