IMPORTANT NOTICE: Threat of Gas Appliance Ban

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Threat of Gas Appliance Ban

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is taking steps to ban gas appliances - starting with furnaces and water heaters in 2026! As a result, gas furnaces, stoves and water heaters are in the regulatory “crosshairs” at SCAQMD, and regulators want to force property owners to start replacing gas models with all electric heaters and water heaters starting in 2026, and later eventually ovens and other appliances.

SCAQMD proposed rules 1111 and 1121 will be presented for formal consideration and action at the SCAQMD Board Meeting on May 2, 2025. The proposed regulations are extremely problematic. Not only would they impact housing affordability due to the prohibitively high cost of compliance, but there is also insufficient power infrastructure to support the increased electrical loads and demand that would be created. Additionally, the regulations would result in countless families being displaced as their rental units would be uninhabitable due to the extensive and invasive work and disruption that would result as multifamily properties seek to comply. Compliance will easily cost tens of thousands of dollars - or more - for each rental property within Southern California. And, because electricity generally costs more than natural gas, costs to renters will increase too!

Get Your City to Oppose This Costly and Unnecessary Proposal

We need every city to oppose these proposed rules by SCAQMD.

Please…email and call your local city council members, and ask your mayor and city council to oppose SCAQMD Proposed Rules 1111 and 1121.