Baldwin Park, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Baldwin Park lies within the South Coast Air Quality Management District (covering Los Angeles, Orange, and the non-desert portions of Riverside and San Bernardino counties). Under South Coast AQMD Rule 444, open burning is tightly regulated and residential disposal burning of waste, leaves, brush and rubbish is not allowed except by specific authorization, which is not granted for routine backyard yard-waste disposal. Recreational fires, ceremonial fires, and fires for warming food or generating warmth at a social gathering are exempt from the open-burning prohibition, so a contained barbecue or fire pit using clean fuel is permitted. Anyone seeking to conduct any authorized open burn must first contact the AQMD Burn Line. Separately, the City of Baldwin Park has adopted the California Fire Code with Los Angeles County amendments (Municipal Code Chapter 150, Part 20), under which open burning and bonfires require permits and approvals from the fire code official (LA County Fire). Because Baldwin Park is a fully built-out, flat urban city and is not in a designated wildfire hazard zone, there is no seasonal brush-burn program here; for residents the practical rule is simple: do not burn yard waste or trash outdoors. Dispose of green waste through the city's trash and recycling service instead.