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City News
Several New Housing Laws Take Effect
Multiple state housing bills – passed by the state Assembly and Senate and signed by Governor Newsom last year – took effect at the beginning of this year in what some are calling the most significant wave of pro-housing laws in state history. “The era of saying no to housing is coming to an end,” […]
City News, Planning
Looks like Wildlife Ordinance won’t be back until 2024
The city is running out of time to bring the highly controversial draft Wildlife Ordinance for a vote before the year ends. It’s exceedingly likely that it won’t come back until the new year. As anyone who has been tracking the ordinance knows, if approved, the Wildlife Ordinance will impose more significant limitations on allowable […]
City News, LADBS
Council votes today on updated Al Fresco Ordinance
The City Council’s Planning & Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to recommend approval of the updated Al Fresco Ordinance. A vote has already been scheduled for today (Dec. 6) by the full City Council. Assuming the council votes in favor of the revised ordinance (and there’s been little opposition to the […]
PCCLA
Welcome to WeHo, Uchi Restaurants!
Pacific Crest Consultants was excited to be invited to the recent soft opening of one of the most highly anticipated restaurants to come to LA this year: UchiLA. Pacific Crest Consultants Director Dina Elkinawy (pictured above with her husband, Bryant) lead the permitting for this gorgeous location in West Hollywood, that was designed by ORA […]
PCCLA
Welcome to Beverly Hills, Aesop!
Pacific Crest Consultants Director Amy Studarus (right) has been leading the PCC team that is helping Atelier X Design design and build a flagship Aesop retail store in Beverly Hills. Amy and Atelier’s Howard Chu and Lukas Peter presented the project recently to the city’s Architectural Commission, which unanimously supported the project. Permitting is underway.
City News, LADBS, Planning
Status of Al Fresco Ordinance (aka Outdoor eating)
One of the few positive things to come out of the recent pandemic was the rediscovery of the joy of outdoor eating. When restauranteurs couldn’t serve more than a few customers inside their eateries because of distancing requirements, they moved the tables outside and Angelenos embraced the chance to eat outdoors, or Al Fresco. Now that […]
PCCLA
Different Kind of Beans in Echo Park
We were working with a purveyor of a different kind of bean in Echo Park earlier this year, helping the Seattle-based Biscuit & Bean open its first quick-serve restaurant in LA. If you haven’t been yet, stop reading and go immediately to B&B. You can thank us later.
PCCLA
Riding into Sawtelle with 10 Speed
Blue Bottle isn’t the only specialty coffee retailer that Pacific Crest Consultants has helped with permitting. We recently helped 10 Speed Coffee obtain permits and the final Certificate of Occupancy for its first LA store, which is located in the Sawtelle area of West Los Angeles. We were very familiar with 10 Speed’s first store since it’s […]
PCCLA
PCC & the pop-up coffee omakase
Pacific Crest Consultants has permitted a lot of unique buildings and operations in our 40+ year history in Los Angeles. But we recently permitted a new “first”: A temporary, high-end coffee tasting experience or coffee omakase. The Blue Bottle Studio is the brainchild of Blue Bottle founder James Freeman (pictured above). We were honored when Blue Bottle reached […]
City News, Planning
Wildlife Ordinance Moves Forward
Council land-use committee unanimously OKs draft rules that would significantly limit development in key Hillside areas what’s next? The City Council’s Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee voted earlier this week to endorse the highly controversial Wildlife Ordinance after a raucous public hearing. Hundreds of people attended the hearing, but many were shut out […]
