SB 1090

A state bill (SB 1090) aimed at protecting fire-damaged Altadena neighborhoods from real estate speculation advanced through the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, seeks to pause housing-density laws for five years to prevent community reshaping by out-of-town investors.

Fire survivors and community representatives from Altadena are traveling to Sacramento to testify at hearings for Senate Bill 1090, which aims to pause fast-track housing development on lots burned in the Eaton Fire. The bill, known as the Keep Altadena Land in Altadena Hands Act, is scheduled before two Assembly committees chaired by Assemblymember Matt Haney.

Altadena residents have rallied behind SB 1090, a bill aimed at pausing multi-unit building projects in Los Angeles County to protect their community from dense developments.

Altadena Town Council Chair Nic Arnzen will lead an emergency community meeting on June 24 to discuss housing density and SB 1090. The meeting, titled 'Balancing a Reasonable Rebuild,' will take place at The Collaboratory and include a focus on coordinating a pressure campaign for a Governor’s Emergency.

State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez introduced amendments to SB 1090, a bill that would temporarily block California’s housing density laws (Senate Bills 9 and 1123) in fire-affected Altadena ZIP codes 91001 and 91003 for five years. The proposal aims to address real estate speculation following the Eaton Fire.

Governor Newsom suspended California’s housing density laws in Los Angeles fire zones, protecting the Palisades but excluding most of Altadena, where the Eaton Fire destroyed over 9,400 structures. State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez and Assemblymember John Harabedian are pushing legislation to impose a five-year moratorium on two statewide measures to close the gap.