L.A. Wildfire Rebuilding Drags On With Just 1,320 Permits Issued—as Victims Turn to ADUs

The January 2025 fires killed at least 30 people and damaged or destroyed more than 11,000 homes in the star-studded enclave of Pacific Palisades and the community of Altadena

As of Wednesday, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) has received a little over 1,800 building permit applications related to post-fire recovery in the section of the Palisades fire zone that falls within L.A. city limits—and approved 758 of them, an agency spokesperson tells Realtor.com®.

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Urge Your Legislator To OPPOSE AB 1157!

My letter to the State Legislature:

Dear Assemblymembers,

Time is short so I will be brief.

Areas like Los Angeles and San Francisco have had established Rent Stabilization Ordinances for decades. Those rent control initiatives were meant to keep rent affordable and to reduce homelessness. Decades later, these areas are known for the highest rental rates and highest rates of homelessness in the country.

Facts are facts: rent control does the opposite of what it intends to do. It hurts housing providers. It hurts renters.

AB 1157, however well meaning it may be, will only contribute to the State’s housing problems not aid them.

I urge all of you to strongly OPPOSE AB 1157.

Thank you for your attention.

-Andres Segovia

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Los Angeles Keeps Punishing Homeowners

Reacting to the new JCO registration requirements in Los Angeles as presented by Dennis Block, Esquire of The Law Firm of Dennis Block and Associates.

Webinar link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8uX45ghPQk https://theandressegovia.start.page/ #theandressegovia #losangeles #rentcontrol

Landlord-Tenant Radio: Accessing a Tenant’s Unit

Accessing a Tenant’s Unit
Topics Discussed:
1. Accessing your tenant’s unit
2. Deducting late fees from a security deposit
3. Accessing a unit when only a child is home
4. Lodger
5. Seller fails to vacate after the close of escrow
6. Owner occupancy
7. Who can enter a unit to make repairs
8. Raising rents on a single-family residence
9. Separate parking agreements
10. Renter’s insurance
11. Conflicting dates in a rent increase notice
12. Change of ownership notice
13. Unauthorized occupant
14. Unsealing a court judgment
15. Tenant interfering with workmen
16. Insurance cancelled
17. Repairs should be completed immediately
18. Unsure if a security deposit exists
19. Periodic inspections
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Landlord-Tenant Radio: Acquiring Tenant Occupied Property 7-13-24

Acquiring Tenant Occupied Property 7-13-24
Topics Discussed: 

1. Acquiring tenant occupied property
2. Registering your unit prior to serving a termination notice
3. Failing to comply with a stipulated judgment
4. Buying foreclosure property
5. Proof of mailing
6. Tenant failing to pay for utilities
7. Exemptions from Statewide Rent Control
8. Sending a change of ownership form
9. Mail Service is not a proper address for service of legal documents
10. Extra person moving into the unit
11. Deducting rent when tenant inconvenienced
12. Rent can be paid to a P.O. Box
13. Screening applicants
14. Renter’s Insurance
15. Proper rent increase for the City of Comption
16. Adult chlid moving back into unit to establish tenant’s rights
17. Suveillance cameras
18. Jury trial
19. Exterior water spigot
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Property Owner Resources & NO On CA Prop 33 | Guest: AOA USA’s Jeff Faller

California homeowners, perhaps you have heard of The Justice For Renters Act. It is an initiative appearing on the November ballot this year to pave the way for state-wide rent control ordinances.

On this episode, I am joined the Apartment Owners Association President Jeff Faller. We discuss The Justice For Renters Act, aka Proposition 33, and how Associations like his provide vital resources for landlords.

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