An RRPN community project
Altadena Recovery Watch
Lost homes, not lost voices. Altadena Recovery Watch keeps our neighbors informed — and heard — on the state laws deciding how we rebuild.
Where we started
The 2025 Eaton Fire took thousands of Altadena homes in a single night — and our community quickly learned that the rules for how, and whether, we rebuild are written far from our neighborhood, in Sacramento. Altadena Recovery Watch began as neighbors keeping each other informed. It has grown into a network of thousands who follow the legislation shaping our recovery, show up, and make sure Altadena's voice is in the room.
What we're watching
Right now, we're tracking state land-use and rebuilding legislation with direct consequences for fire-recovery communities — bills like SB 1090 and SB 1123, which touch how land in rebuilding neighborhoods can be developed and who decides. We read the bills, we translate them into plain language, and we tell our neighbors what they say, what changed, and what it means for the street you live on.
Plain-language explainers are posted on RRPN's Updates page as bills move.
Join us
If you live in Altadena — or you're rebuilding anywhere in California and facing the same collision between state law and your community's recovery — you belong here. Sign up for updates, volunteer an hour, or just forward an explainer to a neighbor who needs it.