An RRPN community project
Altadena Recovery Watch
We lost homes, not our say. 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. In the months that followed, our community learned something the hard way: the rules for how — and whether — we get to rebuild are being written far from our neighborhood. Decisions made in Sacramento about land use, density, and development can reshape a rebuilding community before most residents even hear a bill number.
Altadena Recovery Watch started as neighbors keeping each other informed. It has grown into a network of thousands of residents who follow the legislation affecting our recovery, show up, write letters, and make sure Altadena's voice is in the room.
What we're watching
Right now, our focus is on state land-use legislation with direct consequences for fire-recovery communities — including SB 1090 and SB 1123, bills that 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.