Updated October 2026
This page was a February 7, 2025 roundup of fire-recovery deadlines. Every deadline on it has passed. Here is what each one was, and what still applies in October 2026.
The short version
- FEMA Individual Assistance: extended to March 31, 2025. Closed.
- Debris-removal Right of Entry forms: extended to April 15, 2025. Closed. The Army Corps finished residential cleanup in August 2025.
- LA Region Small Business and Worker Relief Funds: closed in March 2025.
- Disaster CalFresh: the February 2025 application windows are closed.
- SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans: closed October 8, 2025.
What still applies
- Like-for-like rebuilds: up to 110% of height and footprint in the City of LA; up to 10% or 200 sf in the County’s Eaton area.
- County like-for-like applications are due within two years of the emergency declaration, so early 2027. Up to three one-year extensions are available.
- County permit fees are waived for owners who owned and lived in the home before January 7, 2025.
Read our like-for-like rules guide and step-by-step permit guide. For the County’s live updates, use recovery.lacounty.gov.
How we use it
Mariposa Complex at 385 Mariposa St in Altadena is our post-fire rebuild after the Eaton Fire. Built on SB 1123, it places three homes along a shared driveway, each with an attached ground-floor ADU. It won the 2026 AIA Pasadena & Foothill Rebuild Design Award for The Most Collaborative Process.
Sources: Cal OES on FEMA, Cal OES on ROE forms.
An elevated sanctuary in the hills of Los Angeles.
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