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As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan — “like a
Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur introduced legislation that would allow qualifying coastal cities to bypass California Coastal Commission approval for housing and transportation projects. The bill, sponsored by Santa Monica, targets urban areas with robust transit systems.
By Nadia Lathan, CalMatters
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Just months after lawmakers enacted major reforms to speed up home and apartment building,
Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles on Wednesday to outline the president's plan to override state and local rules and speed up the permitting process for the
Susan Blumenthal has begun rebuilding her Pacific Palisades home destroyed in last year's wildfire using a zero-percent interest gap loan from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles' ReBUILD LA program, avoiding high-interest debt during recovery.
Pacific Palisades residents Frank Renfro, Mike Furnari, and Kambiz Kamdar have launched PaliBuilds, a technology platform transforming post-disaster home rebuilding with their Bidsy software that automates contractor bidding and introduces AI-powered comparison tools.
Los Angeles County has begun construction on a new parking structure at Marina del Rey's Lot 4 that will nearly triple capacity to 368 spaces when completed in late 2026, part of efforts to improve public access to the popular coastal destination.
Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.
Gehry died
Santa Monica’s Lincoln Boulevard - long known for heavy traffic, uneven commercial uses and a historically fragmented pedestrian experience is continuing to evolve into a housing dense hub with
The Santa Monica Planning Commission unanimously approved a three-unit condominium development Wednesday night over objections from a neighboring resident who warned of 18 months of construction disruption.
The project at
The City of Malibu, in collaboration with Caltrans, invites community members to a virtual meeting Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 6-7 p.m., to learn about and provide feedback on the
Two interim housing projects planned for Ocean Avenue will be temporarily paused to allow for more community engagement following widespread criticism over inadequate public outreach, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey
