Who We Are
Hello and welcome. We’re glad you found Build the Future Together. We’re a group of volunteers from Pacific Palisades California. We lost our homes and community in an urban fire that should never have been…
Our Mission
Our Mission is to use the calamity that destroyed our community to make California safer and better for all Californians. We’re starting by tackling two key problems plaguing our state: – the lack of accontability…
Today’s Lack of Accountability For Fire Safety and How We Want to See it Fixed
California law currently gives cities, counties and the State a full pass on accountability for keeping our communities safe from fire risk. Incredible, right? But true. California law gives our governmental entities immunity from claims…
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Merritt’s Path to Intervening in the State Farm Insurance Rate Approval Proceedings.
Build the Future Together’s founder Merritt David Farren is an active participant in the ongoing State Farm Insurance Rate Proceedings – Representing the Interests of all California Consumers in the Proceedings. Under California law, insurance…
Join US
Tell us who you are and how to reach you and we’ll send you updates on our work that include simple actions you can take to support the change that’s needed.
We won’t spam you and we won’t provide your name or contact info to anyone else.
Together, we’ll show the world the true sprit of Pacific Palisades and use our talents, energy and, yes – anger – to drive the change required to protect others from suffering the tragedy we endured and are enduring still.



