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Community Development director: AB 2371 allows electrified fences on commercial property; staff to seek electrical permitting and zoning updates

Southgate Planning Commission · December 3, 2025
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Community Development Director Gabriel Perez told the Planning Commission that AB 2371 (2024) permits commercial/industrial electrified security fences without discretionary local approval and recommended requiring electrical permits or a registration system while staff pursues zoning code updates on razor/razor wire.

Gabriel Perez, the city’s Community Development Director, told the Planning Commission staff has found that Assembly Bill 2371 (2024) permits commercial and industrial properties to install electrified security fences without statewide discretionary approval. Perez said the state law does not apply to residential properties and that the law expires in 2028.

Because the state rule limits local discretion for…

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