Building Guide

SBA Disaster Loan Deadline Approaching The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding homeowners, renters, businesses, and nonprofit organizations affected by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires to complete the final steps required to access approved disaster loan funds before the June 30, 2026 deadline....

__ As the first rebuilt homes in Pacific Palisades receive their Certificates of Occupancy and families begin moving back home, we are starting to see where the final hurdles in the rebuilding process exist. These Palisades pioneers have navigated permitting, plan check, utility restoration, inspections,...

I received an interesting email at the end of last week regarding a new pilot program launched by the City of Los Angeles. The program provides a selection of pre-approved standard home plans from a variety of architects, specifically designed to help streamline the rebuilding...

Over the past few weeks, many of you have likely seen or heard about the increase in illegal dumping of soil and debris on vacant lots throughout the Palisades. There has been some speculation about organized coordination among truckers through text chains. Based on what...

I attended the recent LADBS and Planning Department meeting hosted by the Palisades Recovery Coalition, as well as an earlier meeting with the Bureau of Engineering. I appreciate the Coalition for organizing these sessions and the City departments for taking the time to come out...