In Palisades, a Caruso-led tour with San Jose’s mayor becomes forum for fire recovery challenges

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan walked through blocks of cleared foundations and hollowed lots in Pacific Palisades alongside developer Rick Caruso and Los Angeles Councilmember Traci Park on Thursday, Feb. 26, confronting first-hand what residents say has become a prolonged and fragmented recovery process more than a year after the fire.

The walking tour began at LAFD Station 69 and moved through a corridor that has come to symbolize California’s wildfire rebuilding challenge. Nearly 6,000 properties...