Handwritten on heavy cream stock, the note was a response to a column I wrote earlier this year about the beloved children’s author, illustrator, and downtown LA community builder Leo Politi (1908-1996). “Each time that I receive a copy of ‘The Angelus,’ I almost always go to your article first. Finally, your article on Leo Politi sent me over the top and forced me into this communication. “Respectfully, Roland A. Pinza”“To the Family of Roland and Eileen Pinza, with gratitude,” each title page read. Deborah was the real thing: a daughter of California who, like Leo Politi, gave her blood and her life to its beauty, its spirit, and its people.