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Los Angeles council asks staff to study single‑stair buildings to expand family housing
Summary
The City Council voted to direct staff to study changes to the building code that would permit single‑exit, single‑stairway apartment buildings as a way to enable larger, more affordable family units without changing zoning laws.
Councilmember Yaroslavsky asked the Los Angeles City Council to approve a motion instructing city departments to study updates to the building code that would allow single‑exit, single‑stairway apartment buildings.
The motion, which Yaroslavsky said would let the city produce “more affordable, livable, and larger units for families,” instructs the Department of Building and Safety to work with the Planning Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department on standards and a report back to the council. “By simply updating our building code to allow for single exit,…
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