The Agoura Hills City Council voted unanimously to introduce Ordinance No. 25‑480, which would adopt the 2025 edition of the California Building Standards Code with local amendments, and set a public hearing for Nov. 12, 2025.

Lucas Quach, the city building official, summarized the state adoption and local-readoption process and outlined proposed local amendments. Quach said most local amendments are readoptions from the prior 2022 cycle and noted new measures the city is recommending, including extending wildland‑urban interface (WUI) ignition‑resistant standards citywide, adopting stronger nonresidential CalGreen tier‑1 measures, and clarifying administrative grading exemptions.

Quach told the council that state Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) places a six‑year moratorium on new local residential amendments except under specified exceptions — for example, health‑and‑safety measures, home hardening or administrative streamlining. He said most of Agoura Hills’s proposed amendments are readoptions that are exempted from the moratorium because they were effective before the statutory cutoff.

Council members asked clarifying questions about the WUI expansion and other specific requirements. Mayor Pro Tem Wolf confirmed that an automatic gas shutoff valve requirement for new construction, remodels over $10,000 and property transfers had been adopted in the prior code cycle and is not new to this ordinance.

Following staff recommendation, Councilman Chris Anstead moved and Council Member Anderson seconded to introduce and waive further reading of Ordinance 25‑480 and to set a public hearing for Nov. 12, 2025. The roll call vote was 4‑0 in favor.

If adopted after the Nov. 12 hearing, the ordinance would be filed with the California Building Standards Commission and the updated codes and local amendments would take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.