Tuesday, July 7, 2026

State Senator to Meet with Altadena Chamber Members Friday

Pérez will discuss fire recovery and Sacramento priorities at Chamber gathering

State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez will meet with Altadena Chamber of Commerce members and community leaders Friday evening at Maxwell House in Pasadena, discussing business recovery and legislative priorities 18 months after the Eaton Fire.

The gathering, scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m., gives Chamber members and community leaders a chance to discuss local business concerns with Pérez, who represents the 25th Senate District, which includes Altadena, in Sacramento.

Pérez, a Democrat and former mayor of Alhambra, was elected to the Senate in November 2024 and is the youngest member currently serving in the chamber. She chairs the Senate Education Committee and also sits on the Senate Budget Committee, the Budget Subcommittee on Education, and the committees on Environmental Quality, Human Services and Public Safety. Her district stretches across roughly 20 San Gabriel Valley communities, including Pasadena, Alhambra, Glendale and Arcadia, in addition to Altadena.

Fire recovery has been central to her first term. Pérez authored Senate Bill 1090, the “Keep Altadena Land in Altadena Hands Act,” which would exempt Altadena’s zip code through 2030 from two state housing-density laws, SB 9 and SB 1123. The bill, which cleared back-to-back Assembly committee hearings this month, was rewritten in mid-June to focus on the density-law exemption after an earlier version — which would have restricted large investors from making unsolicited offers on burned parcels — passed the Senate on a party-line vote. Pérez’s office has said the revised approach reflects more pressing concerns among Altadena residents. She has said the measure is meant to give fire survivors time to rebuild without pressure from investors seeking to buy up burned lots.

The Altadena Chamber, led by President Judy Matthews, has taken on an expanded role in the recovery effort over the past year. The organization was named the 2026 Business Nonprofit of the Year for Los Angeles County’s 5th Supervisorial District by BizFed, the county’s largest business federation, in recognition of that work. Matthews was separately named the 2025 Woman of the Year for the 25th Senate District by Pérez.

The meeting is free and open to Chamber members and community leaders. For more information, call the Altadena Chamber of Commerce at (626) 794-3988.