Urgent by November 4!!!
Glendale City Council will coerce homeowners into installing electric heaters, and they’ll offset some of that cost by making low-income apartment renters pay for it with fees.
We’re all facing astronomical summer electricity bills because of running our air-conditioning. Glendale wants to make it unaffordable all year.
Your home energy bills are generally cheaper in the winter because most homes use gas furnaces. But Glendale Environmental Councilmembers Elen Asatryan and Dan Brotman want to force homeowners into using electric heaters because even a small amount of fossil fuel use on your part is unacceptable.
They tried — and failed — in August 2025 to force you to install an electric heater if you ever wanted to replace or upgrade your AC. Now, they are cleverly changing the building codes to require additional UNNECESSARY repairs — insulating the attic, replacing ducting, testing fan efficiency — if you want to keep your gas furnace.
Worst of all, they have promised incentives that are funded by the Public Benefits Charge, which is a fee paid by ALL Glendale residents, regardless of income and dwelling type. So low-income apartment renters will be funding capital improvements for higher-income homeowners.
The alternative would be to install an electric heater without having to do the other unnecessary repairs. They are giving you a choice between bad and worse.
And that is what they have done to Glendale: take it from bad to worse.
Send an email below to let City Council know of your disapproval.
Tell them that you OPPOSE their overreach into our homes. Life is expensive enough without more of their mandates.
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This is one of the simplest ways to show you’re paying attention, you’re dissatisfied—and you’re not alone.