Following the community’s concerns about the impacts of investor-backed SB9 and SB1123 projects on Altadena’s future, State Senator Sasha Perez has introduced SB1090, the “Keep Altadena Land in Altadena Hands Act.”
A news article is here. The text of the bill is here. It would impose a moratorium on the ministerial approvals of these projects.
There are two key provisions to be aware of:
- While it has been labeled a five-year moratorium, and while the preface to the Bill says it would apply to applications “submitted on or after January 7, 2025, and before January 7, 2030,” the actual body of the Bill applies to applications “submitted on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 7, 2030.”
- The moratorium does not apply to an “application for a housing development for which the applicant’s property rights have vested.” And the Bill does not define the terms “property rights” or “vested.”