Karen Bass signs orders to aid rebuilding in Pacific Palisades
Emergency Executive Order 8 streamlines permitting for larger home rebuilds.
Executive Directive 13 creates preapproved design library for rebuilding homes.
Los Angeles is launching two new actions to speed up rebuilding in the Pacific Palisades.
Mayor Karen Bass issued two executive actions this week to expedite the rebuilding process in the L.A. neighborhood that was ravaged by January's wildfires: Emergency Executive Order 8 and Executive Directive 13.
GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY
Find Local Events Near You
Connect with a community of local professionals.
Explore All Events
Emergency Executive Order 8 will continue the city's efforts to streamline the permitting process for homeowners looking to rebuild homes larger than those damaged. The order expands the scope of single-family home projects eligible for the state's emergency suspension of the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act.
By waiving local Coastal Act review processes, 'as long as common-sense streamlined environmental protections are in place,' the order aims to create an expanded pathway for the rebuilding of single-family homes in the Coastal Zone that do not qualify as 'like-for-like,' which are projects with structures of the same size, in the same location and for the same purpose as the previous structures that were damaged or destroyed by the fire.
The order adds to the streamlined processes established in Emergency Executive Order 1, signed by Bass less than a week after the start of the wildfires.
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 130, which creates a new class of residential development that doesn't require review under CEQA, which often delays development in California.
The other initiative, Executive Directive 13, will launch a pilot program for single-family homes, creating a virtual library of preapproved, code-compliant designs to fast-track rebuild projects available for the public. The city plans to issue an open call to architects and building professionals for designs.
The city reported that debris removal in the Palisades is more than 85% complete, which Bass said puts Los Angeles' recovery after the fires 'on track to be the fastest in modern California history.' Nearly 300 rebuilding plans have been approved by the city.
'With debris removal months ahead of expectations, construction underway and new action taken today to further streamline the rebuilding process, we continue to push forward in our all out effort to get families home,' Bass said in a statement.
Sign up for Business First's free daily newsletter to receive the latest business news impacting Los Angeles.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
05-08-2025
- New York Post
California, here we come: A new Post is racing to the rescue
Great news for the left coast: California. As the Golden State's decline accelerates, the New York Post Media Group is launching The California Post to expose the causes of the rot. Based in Los Angeles, our new edition will contain daily content in print and online, offering the same intrepid, level-headed, reader-focused journalism that's made the New York Post so indispensable. Advertisement It'll report on news, entertainment, politics, culture, sports and business from a California perspective — and call out the lunatic policies dragging the state down, sending businesses and residents fleeing. For the first time ever, California is shrinking compared to the nation overall: from 12.1% of the US population in 2010 to just 11.9% a decade later, costing it a seat in Congress — and it's looking at losing up to five more seats after the 2030 Census. Since just 2020, more than 500 companies ditched the state or shrank operations while expanding elsewhere, per the Center for Jobs & the Economy. Advertisement Why? Life in California has worsened, thanks mostly to unchecked lefty pols. Taxes are off the charts (the top income-tax rate, 13.3%, is the nation's highest), yet poverty is everywhere. Regulatory rules and litigation block development, leading to sky-high housing costs. Last year, the California Policy Center found the state had America's highest unemployment, lowest income growth and highest poverty rate. Advertisement It highlighted Cali's ranking by Chief Executive magazine as the worst state in America to do business — for the 10th year in a row. Notable, too, are the huge costs of the left's green agenda. Meanwhile, armies of the homeless rule the streets; crime runs rampant. Lefty pols like LA Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom actually defend criminal illegal migrants. Advertisement The recent LA riots, and the fires months before, highlight the duo's feckless incompetence. But media there just can't (or won't) manage to call out the pols responsible. Count on The California Post to fill that role. 'Los Angeles and California surely need a daily dose of The Post as an antidote to the jaundiced, jaded journalism that has sadly proliferated,' quips Chief Executive Robert Thomson of News Corp, parent of the New York Post Media Group. Relax. The new paper will still be fun, and appreciative of the state's many allures: its stunning natural beauty, idyllic weather, diverse demographics — as well as the unique spirit that drove California's growth for so long, and still makes it almost a country in its own right. The new Post will honor the state's proud history — as the world capital of film and music and a leader in technology, military production, agriculture and tourism. And, of course, sports. The paper's set to debut in early 2026. Keep an eye out: There's hope for California yet.
Los Angeles Times
04-08-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Proposed ballot measure could force a citywide vote on L.A. 2028 Olympic venues
L.A.'s plan to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games was already facing a thorny set of challenges, including the scramble to secure lucrative sponsorships and the search for buses to shuttle athletes and spectators across the region. Now, organizers could soon be faced with yet another threat: a proposed ballot measure that, according to city officials, could force at least five Olympic venues to go before voters for approval. Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel and restaurant workers, filed paperwork in June for a ballot measure requiring L.A. voters to sign off on the development or expansion of major 'event centers' such as sports arenas, concert halls, hotels and convention facilities. The measure takes aim not just at permanent projects but also temporary structures, including those that add more than 50,000 square feet of space or 1,000 seats. Former City Councilmember Paul Krekorian, who heads Mayor Karen Bass' Office of Special Events, identified five Olympic venues that could be subjected to a citywide election, including the Los Angeles Convention Center, the John C. Argue Swim Stadium in Exposition Park and the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley, which is set to host skateboarding, 3-on-3 basketball and other competitions. 'The proposed measure would make vital projects essential for our city and these Games potentially impossible to complete,' Krekorian said in a statement to The Times. 'It would also require costly special elections before even relatively small projects could begin.' A representative for LA28, the nonprofit organizing the Games, declined to confirm whether any Olympic venues would be affected by the proposal, saying only that it is monitoring the situation. Unite Here has billed the proposal as one of its responses to a business group that is seeking to overturn the so-called Olympic Wage passed by the City Council in May, which hikes the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour in 2028. The union has not begun gathering signatures for the proposal, which is under review by the City Clerk's office. If it qualifies, it likely wouldn't appear on a ballot until June 2026. Nevertheless, it has already raised alarms at City Hall, where some elected officials have portrayed it as irresponsible. Councilmember Traci Park, who represents coastal neighborhoods, said she fears the measure will force a citywide vote on an Olympic venue planned at Venice Beach, which is set to host road cycling, the marathon and the triathlon. She said it would also be more difficult for the city to attract new hotels and possibly expand its Convention Center. 'This is an absolute assault on our local economy. It's spiteful and politically motivated,' she said. Park, who voted against the $30 tourism minimum wage, has been at odds with Unite Here for more than a year. Councilmember Tim McOsker, whose 2022 election was backed by Unite Here and who supported the minimum wage hike, also voiced concerns, calling the proposed ballot measure 'an attack on workers.' McOsker, whose district includes the Port of Los Angeles, said he believes the proposal would force a vote on a plan to create a temporary viewing area for Olympic sailing at Berth 46 in San Pedro. He also fears it would trigger a citywide election for a 6,200-seat amphitheater planned in San Pedro's West Harbor, a project that is not connected to the Games. 'This is bad for people who build things, bad for people who operate things, bad for people who work in buildings like these,' he said. '[The proposal] harms real people and it harms the economy.' Ada Briceño, co-president of Unite Here Local 11 and also a candidate for state Assembly, declined to answer questions about the criticism of the proposal. Two other Unite Here representatives did not respond to The Times' inquiries. The union's proposal, titled 'Ordinance to Require Voter Approval of Major Development Projects,' argues that sports arenas and other major event venues 'do not always justify their cost.' Unite Here spokesperson Maria Hernandez told The Times earlier this year that the proposal would apply to Olympic venues that reach a certain size, but declined to give specifics. She said it was not clear whether the ballot proposal would impede efforts to expand the Convention Center, saying in an email that 'it depends on the timing.' The ballot proposal would not apply to athletic venues planned by LA28 in other nearby cities, such as Long Beach, Carson, Inglewood, Anaheim and El Monte. As a result, L.A. could face the potentially humiliating prospect of hosting a Games where only a handful of venues are within city limits. 'If it makes it on the ballot, there are projects and events that will be moved out of the city of Los Angeles rather than trying to win at the ballot box,' said Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Assn., a business group. The city's future economic health could depend on the success or failure of LA28. Under its host agreement, the city would be on the hook for the first $270 million in losses if the Olympics end up in the red. Critics have also voiced concern that the quadrennial athletic event could displace low-income tenants, particularly those who live near Olympic venues. Voters should have been given the opportunity to decide whether L.A. should host the Olympics from the very beginning, said Eric Sheehan, spokesperson for NOlympics, which opposes the 2028 Games. Nevertheless, Sheehan voiced little enthusiasm for the union proposal, saying it doesn't go far enough. 'What would be stronger would be the chance for Angelenos to vote on whether or not we want the Olympics at all,' he said. The proposed ballot measure from Unite Here states that hotels can have harmful effects on a city, impeding the construction of new housing and creating a burden on social services. It goes on to offer similar warnings about large-scale development projects, saying they 'often involve significant expenditures of taxpayer money' — an argument disputed by some city officials. Those projects 'may take the place of other projects that otherwise could have more directly benefited city residents,' the measure states. Times staff writer Thuc Nhi Nguyen contributed to this report.
Business Upturn
31-07-2025
- Business Upturn
SHAREHOLDER NOTICE: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of Sable Offshore
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses Exceeding $50,000 Sable Offshore To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options If you suffered losses exceeding $50,000 in Sable Offshore between May 19, 2025 and June 3, 2025 and/or pursuant to Sable's May 21, 2025 secondary public offering (the 'SPO') and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310). [You may also click here for additional information] NEW YORK, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Sable Offshore Corp. ('Sable Offshore' or the 'Company') (NYSE: SOC) and reminds investors of the September 26, 2025 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company. Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (1) Defendants represented that Sable Offshore Corp. had restarted oil production off the coast of California when it had not; and (2) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all times. On May 28, 2025, published an article entitled 'Sable Offshore Corp stock sinks following court injunction.' The article stated that Sable's stock had fallen after 'the California Coastal Commission was granted a preliminary injunction against the company's pipeline repair and maintenance activities within the coastal zone in unincorporated Santa Barbara County. The court's decision, which aligns with the Coastal Act's strict regulations on coastal development, has raised concerns about potential project delays and additional costs for Sable Offshore.' On this news, Sable's stock fell $5.04 per share, or 15.3%, to close at $27.89 per share on May 28, 2025. The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not. Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Sable Offshore's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others. To learn more about the Sable Offshore class action, go to or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310). Follow us for updates on LinkedIn, on X, or on Facebook. Attorney Advertising. The law firm responsible for this advertisement is Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP ( Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your particular case. All communications will be treated in a confidential manner. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash
