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Real Estate/Development,
Land Use

Oct. 19, 2022

Judge OKs high-density project for single-family-zoned lot

Judge James C. Chalfant wrote that Los Angeles’ “actions were frivolous, without merit and a bad-faith violation of [California’s Housing Accountability Act].”

A Los Angeles home builder has won the right to disregard zoning measures that prevented her from building a 67-unit apartment on a lot zoned for single-family use in a decision that could dramatically increase housing in the city.

"The city refused to accept development applications for high-density housing on a single-family-zoned lot, and we pushed back," attorney for the plaintiffs Ryan J. Patterson said in a news release.

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