After the Ashes: A Beautiful Altadena Podcast

About After the Ashes: A Beautiful Altadena Podcast

We are Beautiful Altadena, the online community group that launched in 2015 and the Substack by the same name. We started this podcast to ask: Who’s writing the rules of recovery? Who benefits? Who’s being left out? This podcast deep dives into the issues of recovery and rebuilding through the lens of policy. Each episode, we dissect the policies and bills impacting Altadena, Los Angeles County, and the rest of the country post disaster. We break down what they say, what they really mean, who they affect, and what – and who – they leave out. Every episode closes out with a local small business shout out and most include a media roundup of what's making the headlines and what's not. Your hosts: Shawna Dawson Beer / @BeautifulAltadena, Eaton Fire Total Loss Survivor Stephen Sachs / @AltaPolicyWonk, Eaton Fire Survivor, Current Altadena Resident We are not advertiser, sponsor or grant funded and have no agenda beyond ensuring our neighbors in Altadena, the Palisades and beyond are as in the know as possible so that we can all be our own best advocates for ourselves and our towns.

Publisher

Shawna at Beautiful Altadena

Category

government · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

3 Sept 2025

Latest episode

9 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Jul 2026

   18 Months Later Let's Follow the Money

   We're back after a two-month hiatus. Between travel, Sacramento, and the landmark 18 months post Eaton Fire, there's a lot to catch up on. .Yes... we run long again. 18 Months Later This week marked 18 months since the fire and the latest numbers paint a sobering picture. Drawing from reporting by CBS News and Los Angeles Times on research from United Policyholders and Department of Angels, we look at where recovery really stands: • Nearly two-thirds of survivors remain displaced • About 100...

2. 

   8 May 2026

   We Told You So

   It’s a longer episode this week with one instead of two and Shawna is extra punchy on no sleep after a long week… buckle up! Another Media Roundup and we hate to say it, but we told you so. Everything we warned is now playing out in real time. Steve breaks down the latest in his SRP CRD “Frankenstein” is Alive, and how the policies we flagged have materialized with consequences. The State Farm investigation, fine, and license questions and ask the obvious: who actually benefits? (Hint: n...

3. 

   24 Apr 2026

   Let Them Eat Cake

   We jump right into it with another Media Roundup, because there is still so much to discuss this week. • Los Angeles Times: Anger over Southern California Edison’s undergrounding work in Altadena boiled over as residents called for a temp halt to the project • CalMatters: Californians continue paying some of the highest taxes in the nation, but for what? • “Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud” City Journal report and broader questions about leadership and spending in California • LAist: C...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

12 ratings