California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order designed to limit the construction of high-density housing in the Los Angeles County areas impacted by the recent wildfires.
The order dilutes Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), which was signed into law four years ago to enable the construction of lot splits and duplex construction in single-family residential zones. The executive order includes a seven-day pause on SB 9 development in these specific areas while local authorities develop their own standards to meet their community needs. The executive order will remain in effect as long as the state of emergency in the wildfire-impacted areas remains active.
“We will continue to assist communities in rebuilding safely in ways that are responsive to local concerns,” Newsom said in a statement. “This executive order responds directly to requests from local officials and community feedback, recognizing the need for local discretion in recovery and that not all laws are designed for rebuilding entire communities destroyed by fires overnight.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued her own emergency executive order that prohibits SB 9 applications within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone within the boundaries of the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles County.
“SB 9 was not originally intended to be used in the rebuilding of a community that was decimated by the worst natural disaster LA has ever seen,” said Bass.
Photo courtesy of Gov. Newsom’s social media pages
An attempt to make Newsome look good, while you lead with a story that indicates Trump is trying to overthrow the Federal Reserve. Absurd, the bias that exists in media. Report the facts, share neutral pics.
Shane, we are not trying to make anyone look good or bad. Both stories objectively reported what Newsom enacted and Trump requested, nothing more.
Just two weeks ago both Bass and Newsom were talking about using the $110,000,000 that has been set aside for low-income housing in Pacific Palisades. I guess they’ve stuck their finger in the wind and are now doing an about-face (for the moment).
Also, both of these Marxist politicians continually use the phrase “natural disaster” when discussing the the fires in Altadena and the Palisades. There’s NOTHING natural about the fires! They’re doing their best to condition the public into not assigning the blame where it belongs; squarely with the Democrats in control of California.
Nothing natural? Yes, I think it was government or regulatory neglect, putting shackles on efforts to pare back vegetation growth and clear out forests near population centers.
Look up smart cities..
The fires were a land grab for this..
Give the victims of these DEWs (done by the govt for the govt)
Back to the homeowners so that can rebuild homes on their land lots..
Funny it’s coming out that all the money raised in not for profits to help the victims of mass destruction and land grabs ..
Has not helped one single home owner rebuild..
“ follow the $$$$”
“ Poof” it done did disappear from the so called good intentions we the people donated to!
If Newsome had to make his office on a picnic table in the burned out area of Will Rogers State Park for any length of time, maybe he would really come up with solutions to the propensity of fire problems that the State of CA created with bad policies.