VX News is the editorial voice of the annual VerdeXchange Conference, featuring in-depth interviews with industry leaders and policymakers driving innovation in clean energy, water, transportation, and climate policy.
Incoming to LA County ISD: Alycia Gilde on Accelerating Climate Action When Washington Won’t
Alycia Gilde, newly appointed to lead Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department (ISD) climate initiatives, shares her vision for advancing clean energy deployment at the local level. Drawing on her federal experience shaping zero-emission vehicle strategy at the White House, leadership at CALSTART, and decades of collaboration from New York City to Los Angeles, including her Peace Corps experience in Ghana, West Africa, Gilde brings both national and international expertise to the role.
Rick Caruso: Accelerating LA’s Recovery & Restoring Trust
The Planning Report shares a candid and timely interview with Rick Caruso, who reflects on lessons from decades of community-centered development and elaborates on the work he’s undertaken to assist LA’s wildfire recovery. Drawing from his post-disaster initiative, Steadfast LA, Caruso—the founder and Executive Chairman of Caruso®, one of the largest and most admired privately held real estate companies in the US—emphasizes the urgent need for local and state action to accelerate recovery, restore trust, and deliver a solution-oriented path forward for LA.
Deputy Mayor Randall Winston on ED9: Developing LA's New Capital Improvement Plan
In this VX News Interview Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure, Randall Winston elaborates on Mayor Bass’s Executive Directive 9, which is intended to develop an integrated and funded city-wide, bureau-spanning Capital Improvement Plan.
LADWP’s New CEO & Chief Engineer Janisse Quiñones on Accelerating LA’s Clean Energy Transition
In this timely VXNews interview, LADWP’s new CEO & Chief Engineer Janisse Quiñones addresses LADWP’s critical role in Los Angeles’ transition to 100% clean energy by 2035 and highlights significant investments underway to increase capacity of transmission infrastructure to ensure reliability.
