--- title: "Urban Land Institute- Project Recovery: Rebuilding Los Angeles After the January 2025 Wildfires" id: "64328" type: "post" slug: "urban-land-institute-project-recovery-rebuilding-los-angeles-after-the-january-2025-wildfires" published_at: "2026-09-24T22:19:01+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-01T18:41:08+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2026/09/24/urban-land-institute-project-recovery-rebuilding-los-angeles-after-the-january-2025-wildfires/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2026/09/24/urban-land-institute-project-recovery-rebuilding-los-angeles-after-the-january-2025-wildfires.md" excerpt: "In the wake of the devastating January 2025 wildfires that destroyedthousands of homes and displaced hundreds of thousands ofresidents across Los Angeles, th..." taxonomy_category: - "Advocacy" taxonomy_post_tag: - "video" - "YouTube" taxonomy_content_format: - "Video" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "C-Level" - "Director" - "Employee (Non-Manager)" - "Executive Team" - "For-Profit CEO / President / Owner / Partner" - "Manager" - "VP" taxonomy_persona: - "Industry Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Videos](https://associationsnow.com/format/video/) » Urban Land Institute- Project Recovery: Rebuilding Los Angeles After the January 2025 Wildfires In the wake of the devastating January 2025 wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and displaced hundreds of thousands of residents across Los Angeles, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), ULI Los Angeles, the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate joined forces to launch Project Recovery. Within days of the disaster, the partnership mobilized approximately 100 experts from across the fields of land use, housing, infrastructure, finance, construction, insurance, and economic development to help accelerate recovery efforts. Working through focused workstreams, volunteers contributed almost 11,000 hours over a six-week period to develop a comprehensive recovery roadmap that addressed the region’s most pressing rebuilding challenges. The resulting report provided actionable recommendations to streamline permitting, reduce barriers to reconstruction, strengthen resilience, and help displaced families return home faster. Project Recovery informed reforms and pilot initiatives adopted by local governments and inspired new partnerships such as the Builders Alliance, created to support more efficient rebuilding. Today, Project Recovery serves not only as a roadmap for Los Angeles but also as a model for communities around the world confronting climate-related disasters and the urgent need to rebuild stronger, faster, and more resiliently. [ASAE Staff](https://associationsnow.com/author/asae-staff/) [More articles by this author](https://associationsnow.com/author/asae-staff/) Tags: [#video](https://associationsnow.com/tag/video/) **Stay Informed** [Subscribe to our free newsletter](https://associationsnow.com/newsletter/) , *Associations Now Daily News*, to find out what’s happening in the association world every business day. ## You Might Like - [PodcastAssociations NOW Presents: All for the Love of Chicago: Rethinking the Destination ExperienceSeptember 10, 2026](https://associationsnow.com/2026/09/10/associations-now-presents-all-for-the-love-of-chicago-rethinking-the-destination-experience/) - [PodcastAssociations NOW Presents: Industry Partner Edition-Sponsorships That Deliver Real ValueJuly 9, 2026](https://associationsnow.com/2026/07/09/associations-now-presents-industry-partner-edition-sponsorships-that-deliver-real-value/) - [PodcastAssociations NOW Presents: Milwaukee’s Rise as a Meetings DestinationJune 11, 2026](https://associationsnow.com/2026/06/11/associations-now-presents-milwaukees-rise-as-a-meetings-destination/) - [PodcastAssociations Now Presents Episode 24: The Rise of Second-Tier Destinations for Meetings and EventsMay 21, 2026](https://associationsnow.com/2026/05/21/associations-now-presents-episode-24-the-rise-of-second-tier-destinations-for-meetings-and-events/) ## Comments **Comments are for ASAE members.** [Learn more about comments on this site.](https://associationsnow.com/comments/) [Log in](https://associationsnow.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fassociationsnow.com%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Furban-land-institute-project-recovery-rebuilding-los-angeles-after-the-january-2025-wildfires%2F%23comments) to your member account or [join ASAE](https://my.asaecenter.org/select-a-membership-type/) !