How L.A. is Rebuilding after the Fires

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General William Hannan is leading Task Force Phoenix in the crucial first step of rebuilding L.A. after the fires: removing 4.5 MILLION tons of ash and debris. This is a part of a coordinated effort involving Los Angeles County, CalOES, FEMA, and we talk with Brig. General Hannan about the intricacies of how this humongous, important project is coming together.

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0:45.1	Right here in the I.M. Studios. And speaking of the heart of Los Angeles, we have a special guest today who is responsible for rebuilding and recovering the heart of Los Angeles that was lost in the devastating fires earlier this year.
1:02.2	I am here with Brigadier General William Hannan, who is, and let me get this correct.
1:09.0	Why don't you tell us, what is your exact position and role in this?
1:12.4	Because you are basically heading up the entire debris removal process for getting Altadena,
1:19.6	Eaton, Palisades, PCH, ready for the rebuilding. Well, first, Evan, thanks for having me here.
1:25.9	It's awesome opportunity to really just get the word out on kind of what's going on.
1:29.9	But my official title is the Commanding General for Task Force Phoenix.
1:33.6	That is the overarching organization leading the effort here for both five, the recovery efforts in both fire areas here for the U. u.s army corps of engineers okay and i do
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