Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order on Wednesday, prohibiting Senate Bill 9 applications in the Palisades Fire zone, which would bar the construction of multiple homes on a parcel of land typically zoned for a single house.
Bass issued the restrictions shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state executive order that delegated regulatory power on SB 9 applications in high fire hazard severity zones to local governments in Los Angeles County.
Newsom’s executive order also places a seven-day pause on SB 9 developments in fire zones in Altadena, Sunset Mesa and Malibu…