Two Assembly committees decide whether speculators can keep carving up burned Altadena lots. Build one support letter, then send it two ways.
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Personalize a complete SB 1090 support letter with your story and the points you care about most.
Build my letter →File it · and send it to the members
File it with the committee (by June 17), and send the same letter to the Assembly members — routed by your district. Plus petition, testimony, and RSVP.
How to send →One letter works for both tracks below. Personalized letters count; identical copy-paste letters get discounted — so add your own story. When it's ready, send it through either (or both) of the two tracks that follow.
A complete support letter is already written in the box below. Fill in the fields, then click Personalize my letter and the tool drops your name, city, connection, story, and chosen focus points into the letter for you. You can then edit every word, copy it, or download it as Word to sign and file. You don't have to write it from scratch.
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The Advocates Portal and the committee consultants want a signed letter, not pasted text — download the Word file, add your letterhead/date and signature, save as PDF, and upload or attach it.
First finalize: click Download as Word in the builder above, add the date and your signature (and letterhead if you have one), and save it as a PDF. Then use either option below — the Portal is the official record; emailing the staff is the simplest. Doing both is great, but one is enough.
Create a free account, then choose SB 1090 → position Support → Housing & Community Development, and upload your PDF.
Open the portal →One click opens an email to both committees' consultants, prefilled — in Gmail or your default mail app. Attach your PDF and press send.
Either way, please cc Sen. Pérez (author) and Asm. Harabedian (co-author) if you can.
Members count constituent contacts. Use the same letter you built above — copy it, then work the list, starting with the Chairs. Tap a member's form to paste your letter, or the number to call, and check “letter” or “called” when done (saves on this device).
💾 Your checklist and your letter save in this browser — take a break and come back on the same device to finish the list.
| Member | District & area | Email (form) | ✉ letter / 📞 called — check ✓ |
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| Member | District & area | Email (form) | ✉ letter / 📞 called — check ✓ |
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Grab a few neighbors, split the list, and dial together. Everything you need — with our strongest, most current arguments built in:
A 30-second script plus every committee member's Capitol phone, chairs flagged.
Download (Word)Both rosters — name, party, district, Capitol phone, contact form — chairs and key staff flagged.
Download (Word)Short support emails — an Altadena version and an outside-Altadena (parity) version.
Download (Word)The strongest case — parity, fairness, evacuation & life-safety — for any audience.
Download (Word)A year and a half after the Eaton Fire, out-of-town developers are using SB 1123 (the Starter Home Revitalization Act) to subdivide burned single-family lots into as many as 10 units each — by right, with no public hearing. At least ten subdivisions are already in L.A. County records, turning ten burned lots into more than 80 — many on narrow foothill streets that just failed in a deadly evacuation. The Palisades got emergency relief from these density provisions after the same fire — but it was keyed to a hazard map that left most of Altadena out. SB 1090 is the fix. (Our concern is the SB 1123 lot-split pathway — not modest infill housing.)
SB 1090 is a narrow, time-limited exception for the Eaton Fire disaster area — not a statewide change and not a precedent. After the same January 2025 firestorm, the Pacific Palisades received emergency relief from these density provisions, but it was keyed to a fire-hazard map that left most of Altadena out. SB 1090 simply gives Altadena the same protection a comparable community already received — parity, bounded to this disaster area and justified by Altadena's specific circumstances. If your Assemblymember isn't on these committees, ask them to vote YES on SB 1090 on fairness and parity grounds — and send this page to friends who live in the committee districts.
| When | What | Do this |
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| Wed, June 17 · 5 p.m. | Position-letter deadline (June 24 hearing) | File via Track 1 |
| Wed, June 24 · 9 a.m. | Housing & CD hearing — SB 1090 (Capitol Rm 447) | RSVP / testify |
| TBD | Local Government hearing — SB 1090 | Keep calling; watch the Daily File |
| Monthly | Altadena Town Council | See the Town Council site |
A street full of signs shows legislators and neighbors how many of us are watching. Signs are coordinated by volunteer Gilien Silsby and cost $13 each — reimburse Gilien via Venmo (@Gilien-Silsby). Fill this in and we'll open an email to Gilien with your request.
This opens an email to Gilien Silsby (gsilsby10@gmail.com), who coordinates the signs. She'll confirm the cost and her Venmo for reimbursement.
