To the editor: This current Los Angeles Occasions article misses loads about the actual story occurring on the bottom (“‘Sadly, Altadena is on the market’: Builders are shopping for up burned heaps,” June 5).
Sure, some householders have offered. However many, many extra have chosen to remain — and are actively organizing with neighbors to rebuild Altadena with dignity, character and collective energy. For instance, tons of of householders and greater than 30 contractors have already joined the Altadena Collective, a resident-led initiative providing customized architectural choices, vetted development groups and below-market rebuild pathways for hearth victims. And that’s simply one of many organizations devoted to the rebuilding of Altadena.
This isn’t pie-in-the-sky idealism — it’s actual, it’s occurring, and it’s reshaping the restoration course of in ways in which deserve protection.
Add to that the greater than 150 nonprofits began because the fires, weekly gatherings drawing tons of of residents and a widespread motion to protect Altadena’s soul, and also you’ll discover a group that’s doing much more than promoting. We want extra reporting that acknowledges the depth and momentum of what’s being constructed right here.
Jeremy Grey, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Employees author Jack Flemming’s report is spot on. The one factor not talked about was that quite a lot of us in Altadena are too rattling previous to begin over! The opposite concern is that so many people had been underinsured or not insured in any respect.
There’s a delusional group that thinks Altadena will come again because the quaint little city that it was, which can by no means occur. Will probably be a brand new metropolis with new folks and has a greater probability of turning into the brand new Westside. Not everybody who moved away will likely be coming again.
Norman Merino, Altadena
