Category Archives: Real Estate

ULA, The Mansion Tax, Fails to Deliver Affordable Housing

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is a great analysis of the failure of ULA. It is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR Despite promises of a billion-dollar windfall to fight homelessness, L.A.’s real estate … Continue reading →

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Palisades Real Estate Update, Three Months after the Fire

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: With about $600 million slated to be used in school construction for two elementary schools and the high school, and with the most recent announcement (April 10) of an upgraded and planned new Palisades Park and Recreation Center, … Continue reading →

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Enforcement of Building Housing on VA in Ninth Circuit Court

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: The story “Housing for Los Angeles’ Homeless Veterans in Hands of Ninth Circuit Court” appeared on April 9 in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission. As background, a lawsuit (Valentin v. Shinseki) was brought in 2011, … Continue reading →

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Construction of First Home on DePauw Celebrated

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Sue

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference today, April 9, at 15265 De Pauw to alert Angelinos that residential rebuilding in Pacific Palisades had begun. The three-year-old home, owned by Walter and Alessandra Lopes, had burned during the January … Continue reading →

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City’s Building Costs Have Rebuild Plans on Hold

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Sue

The January 7 Fires destroyed 11,000 homes with 6,837 in Pacific Palisades and 4,356 in Altadena. “They want us to rebuild? The City has to help. They could waive the construction fees. Most of us are not rich, I have … Continue reading →

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Building Permits/Fees Too Costly to Rebuild after Palisades Fire

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Sue

It was widely reported that the city of Los Angeles had issued just four rebuilding permits in the Pacific Palisades 75 days after the January 7 Palisades Fire devastated most of the community. One permit was issued to the owner … Continue reading →

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March 25, 2025, Palisades Real Estate Update

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Sue

By ANTHONY MARGULEAS We are officially 11 weeks from the fires, and much progress has occurred. Two Palisades Village eateries have reopened, Palisades Garden Café and Chipotle, so we are slowly getting people back into town. Colonel Eric Swenson from … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding with Fireproof ICCF Blocks: Think Legos

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Sue

By KAREN MARTINEZ (aka KAREN MARTINEZ COHEN) Hi, neighbors! It’s your local building and home improvement nerd here. For those of you who were living in the Palisades in 2007, you might remember the Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Drive that … Continue reading →

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Architect Leo Marmol Speaks about Rebuilding Costs

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Sue

Co-founder of Marmol & Radziner, architect Leo Marmol spoke to the Pacific Palisades Community Council at its February 27 meeting about the next steps for rebuilding residences in Pacific Palisades. During the Palisades Fire, about 5,419 homes were destroyed and … Continue reading →

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L.A. Considers ‘Self-Certification’ for Building Permits—Here’s What That Means

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Sue

(The Westside Current ran the story from Cal Matters on February 18 and is reprinted with permission.) By BEN CHRISTOPHER The speedy processing of building permit applications is not typically considered a popular political cause. The recent Los Angeles firestorm … Continue reading →

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