Friday, April 3, 2026

Clergy and Fire Survivors Plan Good Friday March to Edison CEO’s Pasadena Home

Cell phone images of the first moments after the Eaton Fire ignited on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, on the mountainside opposite Midwick Drive’s terminus at N. Altadena Drive in Altadena. [Jennifer Errico]

Coalition demands $200,000 per household in emergency housing relief, separate from the utility’s compensation program

A coalition of local clergy and Altadena fire survivors plans to march from the Caltech campus to what organizers target as the Pasadena home of Edison International CEO Pedro J. Pizarro on Friday afternoon, demanding $200,000 in emergency housing relief for every household displaced by the Eaton Fire.

The 1 p.m. procession, intentionally planned to occur on Good Friday, represents the latest escalation in a monthslong campaign by fire survivors who say Edison has not provided adequate housing support to families still displaced by the January 7, 2025, blaze.

The coalition said it wants the utility to advance emergency funds separate from its existing compensation program, which requires participants to waive their right to sue.

Organizers listed the destination as South Hill Ave. Pizarro, a Caltech alumnus and trustee, has lived in Pasadena for decades, according to independent media reports.

The procession was being organized by figures who have been active in Eaton Fire recovery efforts, including Florence Annang, a Pasadena Police Oversight Commissioner and 3rd vice president of the NAACP Pasadena branch; Jose Madera, a community organizer affiliated with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network who has coordinated fire recovery efforts through the Pasadena Community Job Center; and Heavenly Hughes, co-founder of My Tribe Rise, a Black-leadership mutual aid organization representing in West Altadena.

The $200,000-per-household demand has been a central pillar of the coalition’s campaign since at least December 2025, when the Eaton Fire Survivors Network, the Clergy Community Coalition, the Eaton Fire Collaborative Leadership Council and the Altadena Town Council jointly called on Edison to provide housing relief.

Research by the nonprofit Department of Angels has found that eight in 10 Eaton Fire families remained displaced as of late 2025, with most running out of housing funds, according to the coalition’s joint media releases.

Edison has maintained that its Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program is the appropriate vehicle for financial relief. As of March 27, 2026, the program had extended more than 1,000 offers totaling nearly $380 million to more than 2,800 claimants, with over half of offers already accepted, according to an Edison news release.

Edison has said its compensation program provides a path for fire survivors to receive fast payments, including for interim housing.

Edison’s compensation program remains open for claims through November 30, 2026. Claimants can call 888-912-8528 or visit sce.com/directclaims.

A first bellwether trial in the consolidated Eaton Fire litigation is scheduled for January 25, 2027, in Los Angeles Superior Court.