MEDIA ADVISORY: Friday, July 24 | 9:00 a.m. PT | Altadena + Livestream
Hundreds of Eaton Fire Survivors To Urge Governor Newsom to Choose Democracy Over Corporate Special Interests
Survivor-led press conference and postcard party launch DearNewsom.org, calling on Governor Newsom to protect survivors, not the perpetrators of California's catastrophic fires.
ALTADENA, Calif. Eighteen months after the Eaton Fire, hundreds of survivors will gather with elected officials, consumer advocates, civil rights organizations, labor leaders, and community organizations to launch DearNewsom.org. Following the press conference, reporters can interview hundreds of Eaton Fire survivors and capture powerful visuals as survivors write personal postcards to Governor Newsom describing what recovery really looks like.
WHAT: Survivor-Led Press Conference & Postcard Party launching DearNewsom.org and calling on Governor Newsom to choose democracy over corporate special interests, protect survivors, and debate wildfire liability reforms in public through the ordinary legislative process. No more 11th-hour backroom deals.
WHEN: Friday, July 24, 2026
• 8:30 a.m. Coffee & survivor gathering
• 9:00 a.m. Press conference
• 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Postcard Party & media interviews
WHERE: The Collaboratory | 540 W. Woodbury Road, Altadena, CA
WHO: Hundreds of Eaton Fire survivors • Senator Ben Allen, Chair, Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee • Joy Chen, Executive Director, Every Fire Survivor's Network • Jamie Court, President, Consumer Watchdog • Brandon Lamar, President, Pasadena NAACP • Pablo Alvarado, Co-Executive Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) • Coalition partners
VISUALS: Hundreds of survivors • Survivor testimony • Survivors writing postcards to Governor Newsom • One-on-one interviews with survivors, elected officials, and coalition leaders
MEDIA: Attend in Altadena for exclusive access to survivor interviews and the Postcard Party. The
9:00 a.m. press conference only will be livestreamed:
https://www.youtube.com/@EFSurvivorsNetwork. Reporters covering remotely may arrange interviews afterward.
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