Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026There's still time to register for this timely and important discussion, happening May 8 ⬇️ 004
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Join me and @gregspierce.bsky.social on May 8 as we host a timely virtual event featuring an all-star panel of experts digging into the water+climate conditions and decision-making processes affecting 40 million people in the American West. This will be an informative, eye-opening morning! 064
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Have a say in the future of shade design by voting for the ShadeLA Fan Favorite Award. Vote for the design you'd like to see keeping fans cool as they move from transit to venues hosting LA’s mega events. 🗳️ Voting open through Feb. 16 at 11:59pm shade-la.com/fan-favorite/ 010
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Thanks to co-authors including Faith, @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and @ucanrwater.bsky.social folks and the 44 workshop participants who contributed their expertise. And so much support and polishing from @luskininnovation.bsky.social & @uclasustainablela.bsky.social teams. 0117
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Join us 12/12 @ 12pm! I can't think of a better bunch to be in conversation with on a controversial topic that is impacting all corners of our diverse state. @ucanr.edu @luskininnovation.bsky.social 044
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Important new work that will help shape LA's approach to bringing more shade to neighborhoods as a legacy of the mega-event era. 052
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Our peer-reviewed, Open Access perspective is out in IOP Publishing's Environmental Research Letters: "Adapting urban water supply infrastructure and policies for wildfire in the 21st century" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1103
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Hoping to do more of this type of art+science engagement on water in the future. Open to expanding collaboration for those interested in exploring options! 040
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Big news: LA City Council has formally endorsed #ShadeLA, building on the Mayor's commitment & authorizing the City to expand, maintain, and fast-track both natural and built shade. Thanks to the leadership of @dornsife.usc.edu Public Exchange, in partnership with @luskininnovation.bsky.social 051
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Great piece about why Zone Zero rulemaking is complicated for a state as big and diverse as CA. Thanks @nohaggerty.bsky.social for the clarity, and to the many (mostly) SoCal voices of reason including Max Moritz @ucanr.edu for improving the outcomes. www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comHow Zone Zero, designed to protect California homes from wildfire, became plagued with controversy and delaysCalifornia needs new rules to help future wildfires from destroying homes and businesses. But Zone Zero regulations, a key tenet of the state's plans, have roiled homeowners. 053
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Finally some good news for LA and Eastern Sierra ecology and communities we rely upon 000
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Yes, it's nearly November. And yes, it's 90ºF at #UCLA today. 010
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Got to check out Festival Trail’s new modular shade prototype at Grand Ave Arts this weekend — complete with immersive VR art experience. Great to see such concepts come to fruition despite many site-specific restrictions, and thrilled to have them as a ShadeLA partner. 010
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Thanks @ianjames.bsky.social for honoring Melanie’s legacy. LA has never had a fiercer watershed advocate. 041
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanUC Water Institute @ucanrwater.bsky.social · 21/10/2025www.linkedin.com/events/wptwe... 022
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 11/10/2025New story by @ianjames.bsky.social + highlights options for ground-based, mobile water deployment before, and in early hours of, major fires. An important space given frequent high winds. And with currently zero systematic evidence on options and cost effectiveness www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comAfter Palisades fire hydrants went dry, LAFD faced costly delays in getting more waterA report provides reveals additional ways fire crews were stymied in efforts to get enough water to fight the Palisades fire in January 2025. The call didn't go in for tanker trucks and when these arr... 033
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanFaith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 06/10/2025With @gregspierce.bsky.social @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and others, and institutional support via @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanrwater.bsky.social 041
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Just ✌️ weekends left to see Roots of Cool @descansogardens.bsky.social before it's uprooted! 🌳☂️ Come check it out if you haven't had a chance yet. We'll be doing a final walkthrough on the last day Sun. 10/12 @ 9:45am. Meet at the tables by the entrance. @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu 042
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025⬇️ happening next Tuesday. Register now and think about it later! 001
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Spend your lunch hour with me, @gregspierce.bsky.social and accomplished panelists for a webinar on 10/7 introducing the 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas, a joint project of @luskininnovation.bsky.social and @ucanr.edu. Register at ➡️ innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/how-do... 025
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Just a spoonful of political will could make a profound difference for those least able to afford the most basic of resources 💧 Let's get get some policy champions to address this -- both bottom-up (low-income rate assistance) and top-down (system financing) 010
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Proud to join @gregspierce.bsky.social & our research team in unleashing this new resource for SoCal communities after 1 ½ years of work! Water equity begins with knowing where your community is starting from and where it’s going. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there. 033
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The first ½ of the run of the exhibit I co-curated combining science-inspired art with civic participation at beautiful @descansogardens.bsky.social has been off the charts. Only 5️⃣ weeks remain. See it before it's gone! @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu www.descansogardens.org/visit/sturt-...descansogardens.org2025 Exhibitions 044
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanIan James @ianjames.bsky.social · 04/08/2025In today’s @latimes.com: ‘It needs more water’: Calls grow for boosting Mono Lake www.latimes.com/environment/... @myungchun.bsky.social 2174
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025This is coming up Saturday...join us! 🌳☂️🍦😎 Details at www.descansogardens.org/event/a-cele... @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edudescansogardens.org 084
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 22/07/2025SoCal peeps: come out Friday for a fun and informative evening among folks who give a hoot. 041
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Because there is no one better than @awalkerinla.bsky.social to help us better understand our city and its potential. Thank you Alissa for this great story on @weareshadela.bsky.social's launch day! @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.edu 0124
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025It's not every day that one gets the Chancellor to endorse their work. Now we need all of YOU to be part of the @weareshadela.bsky.social campaign to 🆒 LA's most heat-vulnerable neighborhoods! 030
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025And we’re off to the races! Join us as we aim to elevate SHADE to the status of a shared civic resource protected and funded like the essential infrastructure that it is. Learn more + take the pledge at shade-la.com! 😎 010
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanFaith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 12/07/2025“There’s a lot of reasons to despair right now, but if we change our radio frequency a little bit, we can connect to a whole different feeling. We can actually create the city we want, in the neighborhoods that we deserve.” @edithdeguzman.bsky.social Go see this show if you can! 0146
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Opening tonight (reception 5-7pm, free), on view through October 12: a series of indoor and outdoor art installations that my husband and I curated at @descansogardens.bsky.social. @samkbloch.bsky.social's NYT piece is a great appetizer! publ.cc/vGfzTx @ucanr.edu @luskininnovation.bsky.social 186
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Our full report "Drought & Climate Resiliency Solutions for Small Water Systems in LA County" is out ⬇️. This is the work of 12 UCLA Urban Planning recent Masters graduates for LA County DPW. Which @edithdeguzman.bsky.social & I at the @luskininnovation.bsky.social helped supervise. 103
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Some UCLA colleagues and I just published this @natureportfolio.nature.com article. Using over 470,000 user reviews and LLM tools, we found that disadvantaged communities have ~70% fewer public EV chargers/pc & experience more reliability issues—esp. among renters www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEquity and reliability of public electric vehicle charging stations in the United States - Nature CommunicationsDisadvantaged communities in the U.S. have far fewer public EV chargers and face more reliability issues. This study highlights critical equity gaps and the need for targeted investments in EV infrast... 1197
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025So Cal peeps: come to @descansogardens.bsky.social on Jul. 11 for the opening reception of a shade equity show I co-curated. Free garden admission that night only. Spend time with caring humans and remember our region still stands strong during trying times! www.descansogardens.org/event/roots-... 184
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Highly recommend reading this brief but critically important dose of reality about the role of vegetation in spreading -- or stopping! -- urban 🔥 written by @ucanr.bsky.social colleague Max Moritz. Major pending decisions depend on this knowledge getting out there www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: California's proposed ban on plants near homes could be dangerously bad adviceA strict 'Zone 0' rule against landscaping is risky. Well-maintained and watered vegetation could prevent the spread of fires. 254
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Check it out⬇️ This is a snapshot re: which water systems were affected, who they serve, and how they might move forward. To coincidentally match the 11 water supply systems, it took 11 authors from @luskininnovation.bsky.social , @ucanr.bsky.social, @umassamherst.bsky.social & Stantec to compile! 174
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Learn some eye-opening facts about the impact of LA's fires on water systems in this article and new report. As always, thanks @ianjames.bsky.social for the incisive coverage, and @gregspierce.bsky.social for spearheading the work. 115
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Went back out into the #PalisadesFire burn scar this week to collect forensic LiDAR data on trees and fire dynamics. Things that give me hope: a newly planted oak and a few mature CA natives bouncing back 4 months after being heavily scorched. 041
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Pre-order the ultimate summer read and help @samkbloch.bsky.social have a successful book launch. Out 7/22. It’s also the perfect companion to a trees+shade exhibit I’m co-curating 7/12-10/12 @descansogardens.bsky.social. More soon on that! bookshop.org/p/books/shad... 011
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025⚠️ ACTION ALERT ⚠️ The City of LA's proposed budget aims to eliminate the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office. Please submit a comment to protect @cemo-ej4la.bsky.social before the public hearing Fri. 4/25 @1pm. And thank you! ✍️ LACouncilComment.com and reference Council File No. 25-0600 111
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025New results from the annual Quality of Life Index presented by Zev Yaroslavsky at the #LuskinSummit this morning point to a harsh reality: many LA taxpayers are unwilling or unable to pay for the investments needed to make the region more resilient to the next crisis. Where do we go from here? 051
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Team work makes the dream work! BIG THANKS to volunteers who made 1st part of #PalisadesFire tree assessment possible, joining us from @ucanr.bsky.social @forestservice.bsky.social @treepeople-org.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social 🙏 Bonus: Can you spot the Xmas 🎄? 051
Reposted by Edith de GuzmanGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Thrilled to be leading this w @fkearns.bsky.social, @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and Erik Porse. Thanks to the UCLA Climate and Wildfire Initiative @uclasustainablela.bsky.social for enabling this work. Look forward to collaborating w many folks here and welcome your ideas! 164
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025What happens when you're rooted in the ground and can't escape 🔥? If you're a 🌳, luckily your ancestors developed a host of adaptive responses they passed on to you. Here are a few we saw in our #PalisadesFire fieldwork. @ucanr.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social 094
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Wrapped up phase 1 of data collection in #PalisadesFire. Many trees still standing, many survived when everything around burned. This was no forest fire. In a wind-driven, urban fire like this, we see many trees burned by the built environment @ucanr.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social 052
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Honored to be part of this conversation, coming up on April 3 and featuring some of my favorite thinkers (your truly not included in that statement). 042
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025While we're on the topic...the difference btwn SCORCHED and CONSUMED in palms in #PalisadesFire. Learn much more in the newly-published manual by @ucanr.bsky.social + @forestservice.bsky.social colleagues. 34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calf... 0104
Edith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Started ground data collection in #PalisadesFire this week with support from @ucanr.bsky.social. Plenty of perplexing evidence testing conventional knowledge about fire behavior and the role of vegetation. 🌴🔥 Here are 2 views of 2 canary island palms shot across the street from each other. 062