Resilient Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Resilience
Los Angeles was selected as an inaugural member of the 100 Resilient Cities Network in 2013. Since then, Angelenos have come together to develop Resilient Los Angeles, a strategy by and for Angelenos that leverages the city’s strengths and advances new partnerships in order to prepare Los Angeles to address current and future challenges.
To create this document, the City conducted in-depth research and analysis on the challenges we face as a city and incorporated input from community members, City staff, and subject matter experts. Chief Resilience Officer Marissa Aho, AICP spearheaded a collaborative effort to engage stakeholders across City departments, community organizations, and partners in the nonprofit, academic, and philanthropic sectors.
Aho and her team reached out to Angelenos through various surveys (including a project on Neighborland), meetings with key advisory groups comprised of City staff, discussions with external focus groups, and one-on-one meetings with community members. The team evaluated shocks and stresses facing Los Angeles, analyzed perceptions of resilience, and identified the best practices to combat potential challenges. In all, hundreds of stakeholders across the city contributed to this process.
