Kathryn Barger | Newsom’s Executive Order

Palisades, Malibu Among Areas Exempt from SB 9 Under Newsom’s Wildfire Safety Order

Newsom Sides with LA Leaders on SB 9 Freeze, Mayor Bass Issues Executive Order Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order giving local governments in Los Angeles County new authority to limit housing development under Senate Bill 9 in neighborhoods at high risk of wildfire and within recent burn scars. The directive temporarily halts SB 9 development in designated fire hazard severity zones — including Pacific Palisades, eastern Al…

Kathryn Barger | Newsom’s Executive Order

I appreciate Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order issued on Wednesday, July 30, which restores local control over important land use matters, like Senate Bill 9, in high fire severity zones.