To the editor: This latest Los Angeles Instances article misses quite a bit about the true story taking place on the bottom (“‘Unfortunately, Altadena is for sale’: Developers are buying up burned lots,” 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, a whole bunch of house owners and greater than 30 contractors have already joined the Altadena Collective, a resident-led initiative providing customized architectural choices, vetted building groups and below-market rebuild pathways for fireplace 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 taking place, 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 a whole bunch of residents and a widespread motion to protect Altadena’s soul, and also you’ll discover a neighborhood that’s doing much more than promoting. We’d like 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: Workers author Jack Flemming’s report is spot on. The one factor not talked about was that lots of us in Altadena are too rattling outdated to begin over! The opposite problem is that so many people have 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. It is going to be a brand new metropolis with new folks and has a greater probability of changing into the brand new Westside. Not everybody who moved away will likely be coming again.
Norman Merino, Altadena
