Last chance to take Insurance and Recovery Survey

Please take a moment to complete the 6-month insurance and recovery survey. The survey tracks progress and challenges, helping nonprofits, local partners, and UP support the community during long-term wildfire recovery. It may be taken anonymously, or participants can enter an email for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Information will not be shared. One response per household, please. Take the survey at www.uphelp.org/survey

Help Shape Your Community’s Future with Your Input

The CA Office of Data and Innovation is collecting answers from Eaton & Palisades areas to find out what residents are most concerned about. Learn how to join the conversation so that you can share your input with the State of CA and shape the recovery in the Eaton area: https://engaged.ca.gov/about/

Petition Requesting Comprehensive Testing and Remediation at AAM Elementary

Altadena Arts Magnet families are circulating a petition urging PUSD to match LAUSD’s more thorough wildfire response. While LAUSD conducted full indoor testing, PUSD only performed limited debris testing, with no follow-up for contaminants like lead, asbestos, and heavy metals. The petition calls for comprehensive indoor testing and removal of soft goods that trap toxins—steps PUSD has yet to take at any school site. Sign on here to support a safer, fully remediated learning environment.

Add Your Name to the Soil Remediation Advocacy Letter

Despite the deadline date listed on this sign-on letter, signatures are still being accepted.
Led by the Eaton Fire Collaborative’s Advocacy Working Group, a sign-on letter is calling on the County Board of Supervisors to support fire survivors. Of the $2.5 billion allocated to LA County for fire recovery, the letter requests that a portion be directed toward land remediation and health costs caused by ongoing contamination. Go here to review and sign on in support of the letter.

Recovery Poll

The Department of Angels, an advocacy group focused on the LA Fire recovery, has released its June survey of 2,000 Eaton and Palisades Fire survivors. Key highlights from the findings include:

• Six Months Later: 7 in 10 Survivors Still Not Home 

• Renters face greater risks of long-term displacement and exclusion from recovery support. 

• Only 1 in 4 of those who suffered severe damage or loss of their property have had their claims fully approved and these breakdowns are forcing people to sell.

• 84% believe their home or land is contaminated by fire residue, but only 37% report any testing, mostly done privately and at personal cost. 95% of survivors support a coordinated, government-led testing and cleanup effort. 

• Survivors turn first to neighbors (73%), friends and family (57%), social media (39%), private chats (36%), and trusted local figures like block captains (21%) and faith leaders (19%) for useful, timely recovery information.

To learn more, see the Department of Angels poll results here.