LADBS, PCCLA
Topping Out at Fox Studios’ New York Streets Set
Pacific Crest Consultants was honored to participate in the recent Topping Out ceremony for the renovations of Fox Studios’ New York Street set. PCC was the permit consultant on the project, the latest in a decades-long relations with the West LA studio. The set rose to fame as the backdrop for 1969’s “Hello, Dolly!” starring […]
City News, LADBS, PCCLA
State of LA
Record number of projects, less staff, still mostly inaccessible Los Angeles has seen a record number of permit and entitlement requests even as staffing levels at development-related departments has been reduced and the remaining staff continues to largely be inaccessible, according to an analysis of annual reports and budget requests recently released by city departments. […]
City News, LADBS, PCCLA
AWA+D SB9 Presentation Video
PCC Principal Project Manager Amy Studarus recently presented to the members of the Association for Women in Architecture + Design a highly informative workshop about SB9, the new state law that allows for up to 4 dwelling units on lots zoned for single-family homes. The presentation was one of the most highly attended Zoom seminars […]
PCCLA
Big Day of Giving
Today is Big Day of Giving, the biggest fundraising day of the year for hundreds of California-based nonprofits. Pacific Crest Consultants has been involved with Sierra Service project for 13+ years and today would be a great day to make a donation to a worthy cause.
City News, LADBS
City Re-Opens Metro DSC … sort-of
The Los Angeles departments of Building & Safety and Planning recently re-opened to the public, but operations and services remain very limited and several other critical departments to development services remain closed to the public. First, the good news. LADBS and City Planning re-opened their doors at the city’s downtown Metro Development Services Center on […]
City News, Planning
City issues guidelines to turn 1 lot into 4 DUs
The Los Angeles development community has been eagerly awaiting the release of guidelines from the city that explain how the city will process applications for SB9, the ground-breaking state law that allows some residential property owners to subdivide their property into as many as 4 dwelling units. Last week, PCC reported that City Planning had […]
City News, Planning
Draft Wildlife & Ridgeline ordinances merge
Two of the most watched proposed ordinances were merged by City Planning earlier this month, restarting the clock for draft regulations that could potentially place significant additional limits on property owners in the city’s Hillside areas. The original draft Hillside ordinance was highly controversial, drawing a wide variety of critics who said that it would […]
City News, Planning
No SB9 guidelines yet but parcel-by-parcel review is available
As previously reported Sacramento passed a law late last year that requires cities counties and other municipalities to approve the creation of up to 4 homes where 1 dwelling unit currently exists beginning Jan. 1. The state allowed the local governments to exempt certain areas for specific reasons including but not limited to fire/life/safety concerns […]
City News, Planning
Planning Dept. Changes Notification Policy to Benefit of Applicants
Applicants who file projects that require a notification package to City Planning will no longer have to provide mailing lists and labels at the time of filing. Instead, those notification materials won’t be required until they are ready to be used by Planning and/or its mailing subcontractor, BTC. Beginning on Dec. 1, applicants now only […]
City News
LA Likely to Minimize SB9 Housing Benefits
City Council motion instructs departments to issue memo by Dec. 31 that will explain who can use SB9 for more housing … and who can’t As expected, the Los Angeles City Council has instructed key city departments to develop and issue a memo before the end of the year that will significantly limit the neighborhoods […]
