Category Archives: Real Estate

Expedited Rebuilding – Fact or Fiction

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Sue

After the January 7, 8 and 9 Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in Pacific Palisades, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass issued new executive orders meant to expedite rebuilding. Among the orders were those intended to make permitting faster and allowing … Continue reading →

Posted in City, Palisades Fire, Real Estate | 4 Comments

PLUM Agrees with Residents about Proposed Castellammare Project

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Sue

At a hearing downtown yesterday, May 27, the City’s Planning Land Use Management Committee (PLUM), sent the plans for homes that a developer wanted to build on the Tramonto Landslide back to West L.A. Planning commission for further examination. The … Continue reading →

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Fire Victims Hit with Bad News from State Assembly

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Sue

The California State Assembly refused to move legislation forward that would not penalize fire victims if they decided to build 110% replacement of their original structure. Today, County Assessor Jeff Prang wrote in a press release: “I am profoundly disappointed … Continue reading →

Posted in Palisades Fire, Real Estate | 3 Comments

No Fire Truck Access, No Evacuation Route, No Problem

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Sue

There would be NO fire truck access and NO evacuation route for residents if the project were built. NO problem according to the City. Why would the City even consider this proposed project of four new 10,000 to 17,000 square … Continue reading →

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Rodeo Realty First Commercial Building Going Up

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Sue

“I own the building and I’m rebuilding it how it was before the fire,” said Rodeo Realty owner Syd Leibovitch. “I hope to open in December.” The building at 839 Via de la Paz, which housed the Palisadian-Post, was built … Continue reading →

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County Assessor Needs Palisades Residents’ New Addresses

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Sue

“We mailed about 17,000 notices of assessment change to property owners in the fire area. We have now started to receive many back as undeliverable – well over a thousand in Palisades alone. That means that the property tax refund checks that … Continue reading →

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Farmer Schwartz Looking for a “Pasture”

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Sue

Palisades resident Bruce Schwartz, who annually gives pumpkin plants to residents who are willing to grow them in their yard, has a problem. Many of those people had their homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire. He has 30 mature seedlings … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in General, Real Estate | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Palisades Fire, Real Estate | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in History, Homelessness, Real Estate | 1 Comment