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Council approves city lien after building safety work on Pacific Palisades slope
Summary
The City Council voted to place a lien to recover city costs after the Department of Building and Safety and other city forces built a street-facing protective wall at a Pacific Palisades site where a private developer did not complete required retaining work. The motion passed 12-0.
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a motion to place a city lien to recover costs for emergency stabilization work performed on a hillside property in Pacific Palisades, acting after a developer failed to comply with orders to build retaining structures.
The action stems from years of trouble at a group of adjoining lots north of Sunset in the Castlemar/Caltrans-retaining-wall area. Residents told the council the property owner had been excavating the slope instead…
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