SAMPLE EMAIL TO SAVE SAMOHI HISTORY

Please write to these elected officials, preservationists, sustainability advocates, film historians, and press to demand that SMMUSD halt demolition and save the History Building!  Please copy savesamohihistory@gmail.com so we can confirm how many folks they are hearing from.

Sample Email (just copy and paste):

To: brd@smmusd.org

cc: bdrati@smmusd.org, cupton@smmusd.org, smassetti@smmusd.org, info@samohialumni.org, council@smgov.net, ben.allen@sen.ca.gov, richard.bloom@asm.ca.gov, yee_hoyt@lacoe.edu, jcasuso@santamonicalookout.com, sam@mirrormediagroupla.com, sean@santamonicasun.com, editor@smdp.com, editor@latimes.com, howard.blume@latimes.com, info@smconservancy.org, info@laconservancy.org, info.calshpo@parks.ca.gov, nsom@savingplaces.org, sluce@healthebay.org, savesamohihistory@gmail.com

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Re: Halt Demolition and Save the Samohi History Building

Dear SMMUSD School Board -

I am writing to ask that SMMUSD halt demolition and save the Samohi History Building!  It is iconic as WPA architecture and as Dawson High in Rebel Without a Cause.  Its placement atop Prospect Hill commands an ocean view with natural breezes that should be preserved for generations to come.  Not only does it cost more to demolish and replace with new construction, it is a terrible example to set for our society by failing to adaptively reuse it as a library and student center.  The greenest building is the one that’s already built. 

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Save the Samohi History Building!

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Thanks,

[Your Name]

[Your Connection to the History Building, Samohi, SMMUSD, or Santa Monica]