Support Bill AB 1642

Wildfire Environmental Safety and Testing Act (Harabedian)

Join over 600 individuals and 80 organizations who support AB 1642 - help us reach 1,000 supporters!

Hello Fire Recovery Partners,

AB 1642, the Wildfire Environmental Safety and Testing Act, has cleared the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and is now moving to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

This bill, authored by Assemblymember Harabedian, would establish the first statewide, health-based standards for testing, cleanup, and clearance of wildfire-related contamination in standing homes, schools, workplaces, and other structures after a Wildland Urban Interface fire. Right now, no such standards exist in California law.

AB 1642 also includes an emergency clause, meaning it would take effect immediately upon being signed by the Governor and provide immediate protections for LA fire-impacted communities.

EFRU has submitted testimony citing our own data: 6 out of 10 homes that have been professionally remediated are still not habitable due to lead and/or asbestos. Families have moved back in. Children are living and playing on contaminated floors. And there is still no legal standard to hold insurers, contractors, or agencies accountable.

Now we need to make sure AB 1642 gets through Appropriations.

If you are an individual, organization, community group, health professional, environmental advocate, or fire survivor, please click the “Add Your Support” button above to sign on in support of AB 1642 and help us move this bill through its next critical step.

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Thank you to @Assemblymember Harabedian and every supporter who has signed on — more than 80 organizations and 600 individuals. This is what community-powered science looks like.

The fight continues.

THANK YOU

We greatly appreciate your partnership in our communities' recovery. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns you might have at contact@efru.la.

Sincerely,

Jane Lawton Potelle

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